OF  THE 

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ANNUAL  report 


of  THE 


State  flannal  a n b Craining  School 


AT  OSWEGO. 


For  t li  e Year  1868. 


TRANSMITTED  TO  THE  LEGISLATURE  APRIL  20, 


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ALBANY : 

THE  ARGUS  COMPAN  Y,  P R I X T E R S . 
1869. 


STATE  OF  NEW  YORK. 


No.  207. 


1 1ST  ASSEMBLY, 

April  30,  1869. 


ANNUAL  REPORT 

OP  THE 

STATE  NORMAL  AND  TRAINING  SCHOOL  AT  OSWEGO. 

STATE  OF  NEW  YOKE: 

Department  of  Public  Instruction,  ) 

Superintendent’s  Office,  Albany,  April  16, 1869.  ) 
Hon.  Truman  G.  Younglove, 

Speaker  of  the  Assembly : 

Sir  : 

In  compliance  with  chapter  466  of  the  Laws  of 
1866,  I herewith  transmit  to  the  Legislature  the  Second 
Annual  Report  of  the  Local  Board  of  the  State  Normal  and 
Training  School  at  Oswego. 

With  respect,  your  obedient  servant, 

ABRAM  B.  WEAVER, 
Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction. 


©SWIEBD  n^MMAlL  & 'fflTiAHKniK'S 


REPORT. 


Hon.  Abram  B.  Weaver, 

Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction : 

We  are  happy  to  report  that  the  condition  of  the  Oswego 
Normal  and  Training  School,  for  the  year  ending  Sep- 
tember 30th,  1868,  has  been  highly  encouraging.  The 
number  in  attendance  has  advanced  to  three  hundred 
eighty-five  during  the  past  year,  and  we  can  hardly  con- 
ceive it  possible  to  bring  together  a more  faithful,  earnest 
and  enthusiastic  class  of  pupils.  There  has  been  a mani- 
fest desire  to  make  the  very  best  use  of  the  opportunities 
afforded,  and  in  everything  to  meet  fully  the  requirements 
of  the  school. 

Changes  in  Course  of  Study. 

From  the  time  the  school  came  fully  under  the  direction 
of  the  State  authorities,  the  preparation  required  for 
admission  to  the  elementary  training  class  has  been 
limited  to  a knowledge  of  the  common  English  branches. 
This  was  found  not  sufficient,  as  a thorough  preparation 
for  a consideration  of  the  principles  and  philosophy  of 
education,  and  their  practical  application  in  methods  of 
teaching.  More  discipline  of  mind,  better  habits  of 
thought,  a knowledge  of  the  elements  of  algebra,  and  some 
information  in  regard  to  the  natural  sciences,  so  far,  at 
least,  as  they  are  exhibited  in  the  common  phenomena  of 
every  day  occurrences,  seemed  to  be  demanded.  A more 


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thorough  knowledge  of  grammar,  rhetoric  and  compo- 
sition, was  very  desirable,  as  also  of  drawing,  penmanship, 
and  vocal  music. 

The  elementary  training  class  has  been,  hitherto, 
overcrowded  with  work,  and  it  was  important  that  they 
should  have  some  relief.  For  these,  and  other  reasons,  it 
has  been  thought  best  to  require  one  term  more  of  prepara- 
tion before  entering  this  class.  This,  it  is  hoped,  will 
greatly  obviate  the  difficulties  referred  to. 

Elementary  algebra,  rhetoric,  grammatical  analysis, 
physiology,  zoology,  botany,  the  elements  of  natural 
philosophy,  chemistry,  and  mineralogy,  in  the  form  of 
object  lessons,  perspective  drawing,  penmanship  and 
vocal  music  have  been  added  to  the  elementary  prepara- 
tory course.  This  includes  nearly  all  the  work  of  the 
advanced  C class  of  last  year,  so  that  the  time  required 
to  complete  the  general  curriculum  is  not  extended.  The 
work  is  simply  taken  out  of  one  preparatory  grade  and 
placed  in  another,  thus  shortening  the  time  of  the 
advanced  preparatory  course,  and  adding  one  term  to 
the  elementary  preparatory  course. 

Training  Classes. 

Of  these  there  are  two;  the  elementary  and  the  advanced. 
The  work  of  these  classes  consists  chiefly  in  a considera- 
tion of  the  philosophy  of  education,  principles  and 
methods  of  teaching,  school  organization  and  discipline, 
and  observation  and  practice  in  teaching. 

The  work  of  the  elementary  training  class  is  confined 
to  a preparation  for  teaching  primary,  intermediate  and 
grammar  schools,  and  the  advanced  training  for  the 
schools  of  higher  grades.  Before  entering  these  classes, 
pupils  must  have  a thorough  knowledge  of  the  branches 
of  study,  so  that  they  have  nothing  here  to  do  but  to 
learn  how  to  teach  them.  Each  point  in  regular  order  is 
taken  up  and  the  method  agreed  upon.  With  the  ele- 
mentary training  class  illustrative  lessons  are  frequently 


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given ; all  are  required  to  write  sketches  of  lessons, 
which  are  subjected  to  the  criticism  of  the  teachers.  In 
turn,  each  member  of  the  class  is  called  upon  to  give  a 
lesson  with  children,  under  the  criticism  of  both  pupils 
and  teachers.  In  the  second  term  of  twenty  weeks,  five 
hours  each  day  are  devoted  to  practice,  under  criticism, 
in  the  primary  and  intermediate  grades.  In  each  of 
these  grades  are  three  classes  rising  in  order  of  advance- 
ment one  above  the  other.  The  pupils  in  practice  are 
arranged  in  six  sections  to  correspond  with  the  number 
of  these  classes,  and  to  each  section  is  given  a subdivision 
of  one  of  these  classes.  At  the  end  of  three  weeks  all 
change  classes,  so  that  at  the  close  of  the  term,  each  pupil 
has  taught  every  class  in  the  two  grades. 

In  the  advanced  training  class,  the  practice  is  princi- 
pally confined  to  the  giving  of  criticism  lessons.  These 
lessons  are  given  to  normal  classes  under  the  criticism  of 
both  teachers  and  pupils.  Here,  as  with  the  elementary 
class,  sketches  of  lessons  are  prepared  in  some  of  the 
subjects,  and  submitted  to  the  teacher  for  criticism. 

Preparatory  Classes. 

Of  these  there  are  two  in  the  elementary  and  two  in 
the  higher  department.  Their  work  is  confined  exclu- 
sively to  acquiring  a knowledge  of  the  branches.  The 
success  of  these  classes  during  the  first  term  of  the  year 
was  not  altogether  satisfactory.  There  were  several 
causes  that  combined  to  interfere  with  the  work  of  the 
school.  One  teacher  was  sick  for  several  weeks,  and 
two  others  were  called  away  to  attend  institutes  a con- 
siderable portion  of  the  term.  There  was  also  more  or 
less  irregularity  of  attendance  on  the  part  of  pupils. 
The  school  was  much  more  successful  the  last  term,  and 
did  all  that  could  be  reasonably  expected. 


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Change  of  Teachers. 

The  only  permanent  change  in  the  corps  of  teachers 
that  has  occurred  during  the  year,  was  occasioned  by 
the  resignation  of  Miss  Emily  A.  Rice.  For  more  than 
two  years  she  had  been  connected  with  the  school,  hav- 
ing charge  of  the  department  of  rhetoric  and  composi- 
tion. She  rendered  valuable  service,  and  the  Board 
wouid  have  been  glad  to  retain  her.  She  has  accepted 
a position  in  a private  school  in  New  England  at  a large 
advance  in  salary. 

At  the  commencement  of  the  year,  Miss  Sarah  J. 
Armstrong  was  appointed  to  assist  in  the  department  of 
rhetoric,  English  literature  and  composition.  She  proved 
very  efficient  help,  and,  after  the  resignation  of  Miss 
Rice,  took  charge  of  these  subjects. 

At  the  close  of  the  fall  term,  Mr.  Edward  A.  Trow- 
bridge resigned  his  position  as  teacher  of  vocal  music, 
and  no  successor  was  appointed  for  the  succeeding 
term.  Mr.  J.  B.  McLean  has  since  been  appointed  to 
the  position,  and  entered  upon  his  duties  September 
9th,  1868. 

Mrs.  M.  H.  Smith,  the  teacher  of  history  and  geogra- 
phy, had  engagements  that  took  her  away  from  the  school 
during  the  spring  term  ; but  she  has  now  returned,  to 
remain  permanently  connected  with  the  school.  The 
preparation  of  Guyot’s  series  of  geographies,  and  the 
numerous  calls  upon  her  to  lecture  before  national,  State 
and  local  associations  of  teachers,  and  educational 
boards,  have  taken  her  away  from  the  school  for  a con- 
siderable portion  of  each  year,  from  the  time  she  first 
became  associated  with  Prof.  Guyot  in  this  work.  It  is 
very  gratifying  to  the  friends  of  the  school  to  know  that 
her  teaching  will  no  longer  be  thus  interrupted.  The 
interests  of  the  school  will  be  greatly  subserved  by  this 
change,  and  her  duties  will  be  less  laborious. 

Miss  Ellen  Seaver  was  also  called  away  during  the  last 
half  of  the  fall  and  the  first  half  of  the  spring  terms  to 


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assist  in  organizing  the  Fredonia  normal  school.  Although 
very  strongly  urged  to  retain  her  connection  with  that 
school  as  preceptress,  at  a salary  of  $1,200  per  annum, 
she  declined  the  flattering  proposals  made,  and  will 
remain  permanently  connected  with  our  own  school. 

Miss  Matilda  S.  Cooper  was  also  invited  by  the  Cincin- 
nati board  of  education  to  organize  and  take  charge  of  a 
training  school  in  that  city  at  a salary  of  $2,000  per 
annum.  We?  are  happy  to  say  that  this  proposition  was 
also  rejected,  and  we  are  left  in  the  quiet  possession  of 
one  of  the  ablest  and  most  efficient  corps  of  teachers  in 
the  whole  country. 

At  the  close  of  the  last  year,  Miss  Kate  A.  Whitney 
resigned  her  position  as  assistant  critic  in  the  junior 
practicing  school,  to  accept  a position  as  teacher  in  a pri- 
vate school.  Miss  Tillie  C.  Staats  was  appointed  to  fill 
the  vacancy,  which  she  did  with  much  credit  to  herself 
throughout  the  year. 

Library  and  Apparatus. 

Quite  liberal  additions  have  been  made  to  both  the 
library  and  apparatus.  We  have  now  a very  respecta- 
ble collection  in  the  department  of  chemistry,  natural 
philosophy  and  mineralogy,  which  will  enable  us  to  make 
the  instruction  in  these  branches  much  more  complete 
and  thorough  than  in  previous  terms.  This  department 
will  now  prove  one  of  the  most  useful  and  attractive  in 
the  school.  The  library  contains  many  valuable  books 
of  reference.  To  these  we  hope  to  make  additions  from 
year  to  year. 

Boarding  Accommodations. 

Through  the  friendly  interest  of  many  of  our  leading 
citizens,  a large  and  commodious  building,  known  as  the 
“New  Welland  House,”  has  been  purchased  and  fitted 
up  with  all  the  modern  conveniences  and  comforts  that 
could  be  desired  for  such  a house.  It  consists  of  two 


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buildings,  connected  by  a covered  way,  and  will  accommo- 
date about  one  hundred  and  twenty  boarders.  One  is  occu- 
pied by  pupils  who  board  themselves.  This  is  a two  story 
wood  building,  and  is  twenty-five  feet  by  seventy-nine 
feet.  The  other  is  a brick  building,  four  stories  above  the 
basement,  seventy-five  feet  by  ninety  feet  on  the  ground. 
The  cost  of  the  whole  was  $30, 000.  It  is  valued  at  $40, 000. 
The  rooms  and  halls  are  carpeted  and  amply  furnished. 
The  house  was  opened  at  the  commencement  of  the  fall 
term  of  1867.  It  was  at  once  filled  to  overflowing  ; and 
it  is  difficult  to  tell  what  would  have  been  done  with  the 
large  addition  of  pupils  that  came  in  at  this  time  with- 
out the  much  needed  accommodations  that  the  new 
boarding  house  afforded.  No  effort  is  spared  to  make 
this  a quiet  and  pleasant  home  for  the  pupils.  At  the 
opening  of  the  first  term  the  house  was  not  fully  in 
readiness,  and  necessarily  there  was  more  or  less  confu- 
sion for  a few  weeks.  Being  quite  new  business  to  all 
connected  with  the  school,  some  mistakes  were  com- 
mitted, which  gave  rise  to  more  or  less  complaint  on  the 
part  of  the  boarders.  Profiting  by  the  experience  of  the 
first  term,  we  have  been  able  to  remove  the  objections, 
and  make  everything  very  acceptable  ; and  the  house  is 
now  full,  and  as  popular  as  any  department  of  the 
school.  Good  board  is  provided  with  well  furnished, 
comfortable  and  pleasant  rooms,  including  lights,  fuel 
and  washing,  for  from  four  dollars  to  four  and  a quarter 
dollars  per  week  ; while  in  private  families  the  same 
accommodations  cannot  be  obtained  for  less  than  five 
dollars  per  week. 

During  the  first  term,  gentlemen  were  allowed  to  occupy 
the  ground  floor  of  the  house,  while  the  three  stories 
above  were  devoted  to  the  ladies.  Owing  to  the  crowded 
condition  of  the  house,  and  the  temptation  to  devote  too 
much  time  to  social  pleasures,  this  arrangement  was 
changed  at  the  opening  of  the  second  term,  and  gentle- 
men are  now  only  admitted  as  table  boarders. 


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The  building  is  in  charge  of  Mr.  Poucher,  one  of  the 
teachers  of  the  school,  upon  whom  devolves. the  govern- 
ment of  the  house,  the  employment  of  the  help,  the  fur- 
nishing of  the  tables,  and  the  general  supervision  and  care 
of  everything  pertaining  to  the  house. 

Graduates. 

The  whole  number  of  pupils  who  have  graduated  from 
the  school  since  its  first  organization,  is  two  hundred  and 
forty-two.  Of  this  number,  one  hundred  eighty-two 
are  now  engaged  in  teaching,  thirty  are  married,  three 
are  deceased,  and  two,  besides  those  who  are  married, 
have  left  the  profession.  With  one  or  two  exceptions, 
all  who  ever  graduated  from  the  school  have,  for  a greater 
or  less  length  of  time,  been  engaged  in  teaching. 

We  think  few  schools  can  show  a better  record,  in 
regard  to  the  salaries  of  its  graduates,  than  our  own. 
Five  and  six  hundred  dollars  are  quite  common  salaries, 
even  for  those  who  have  had  no  experience  in  teaching 
except  what  they  have  gained  in  the  practicing  school, 
while  the  older  and  more  experienced  often  receive  from 
eight  hundred  to  one  thousand  dollars.  Of  those  at 
present  teaching,  one  hundred  eighteen  ladies  receive 
from  four  hundred  to  eighteen  hundred  dollars  per  year. 

The  success  of  the  graduates  has  been  quite  flattering. 
It  has  very  rarely  occurred  that  one  has  failed  to  give 
entire  satisfaction.  They  enter  upon  their  work  with  a 
definite  knowledge  of  the  way  they  are  to  proceed.  With 
them  it  is  no  hap-hazard  or  guess  work.  They  have  prin- 
ciples to  guide  them,  and  a method  for  all  their  work. 
They  have  made  the  art,  as  well  as  the  science  of  teaching, 
a study.  They  know  where  to  begin  the  successive  steps 
to  be  taken,  and  have  a plan  to  guide  them  in  all  their 
work.  The  training  here  received  is  worth  more  to  them 
than  ten  years’  experience,  gained  in  the  ordinary  way, 
even  by  the  most  observing  and  successful  teachers. 


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Other  Training  Schools. 

Since  the  opening  of  this  school  there  have  been  organ- 
ized no  less  than  ten  other  training  schools,  modeled  after 
our  own,  and  in  charge  of  graduates  from  this  school. 
There  is  a growing  necessity  felt  for  schools  of  this  char- 
acter in  all  our  larger  towns.  The  importance  of  having- 
teachers  trained  for  their  work,  is  being  more  and  more 
realized,  and  the  time  will  come  when  no  others  will  be 
employed.  The  services  of  such  teachers  are  much  more 
valuable  than  they  would  be  without  this  special  training. 
The  people  are  beginning  to  understand  this,  and  are  will- 
ing to  pay  accordingly.  Those  who  are  thoroughly 
trained  for  their  work  have  no  difficulty  in  obtaining 
lucrative  positions,  for  the  demand  is  far  greater  than 
the  supply.  If  teachers  understood  their  own  true  inte- 
rests, they  would  make  no  delay  in  qualifying  themselves 
properly  for  their  work.  There  are  but  few„teachers  who 
could  not,  in  this  way,  at  least  double  their  present 
salaries  and  greatly  enhance  their  own  usefulness,  and 
thus  experience  far  more  pleasure  and  satisfaction  in 
their  work. 

Normal  School  Building  and  Grounds. 

The  grounds  occupy  nearly  one-half  of  an  entire  block, 
and  are  located  on  West  Seneca,  between  Sixth  and 
Seventh  streets,  and  are  two  hundred  and  thirty-four  feet 
on  Seneca  street,  by  one  hundred  and  eighty-five  feet  on 
Sixth  and  Seventh  streets.  This  is  on  high  ground,  in 
one  of  the  pleasantest  portions  of  the  town,  and  the  view 
in  every  direction,  embracing  the  lake,  river,  harbor,  and 
surrounding  country,  is  very  fine.  A more  desirable  site 
could  not  have  been  selected  in  the  whole  town.  The  main 
building  is  of  cut  limestone,  and  is  three  stories  high 
above  the  basement.  It  is  fifty-one  by  fifty-two  feet  on 
the  ground.  There  are  two  wings,  both  of  wood  and  two 
stories  high.  The  west  wing  is  seventy-nine  feet  by  one 
hundred  and  five  feet  on  the  ground.  It  is  occupied  by 


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the  hall  of  the  normal  school  and  by  the  practicing 
school.  The  east  wing  is  thirty-one  feet  by  sixty-six  feet, 
and  is  occupied  by  the  janitor,  the  office  and  the  high 
school.  There  are  broad  piazzas  running  across  the  entire 
front  of  both  wings,  in  each  story,  covering  a surface  of 
two  thousand  four  hundred  and  thirty- six  square  feet. 
The  building  was  formerly  occupied  for  a private  school, 
at  one  tiihe  as  a public  house,  and  again  as  a boarding 
house.  For  several  years  previous  to  its  purchase  by 
the  Board,  it  was  unoccupied,  and  had  become  quite 
dilapidated.  It  was  owned  by  a stock  company,  who 
were  glad  to  have  it  occupied  for  some  useful  purpose, 
and  were  willing  to  sell  it  to  the  city  for  a training  school, 
at  a merely  nominal  sum.  The  price  paid  for  the  build- 
ings and  grounds  as  they  stood  was  $11,500.  The 
improvements  since  made  have  cost  the  city  $16,840.82, 
making  the  entire  cost  $28,340.82.  The  present  value  of 
the  buildings  and  grounds  is  estimated  at  $60,000.  The 
furniture  cost  $5,500.  As  it  is  all  nearly  new,  it  has  not 
materially  depreciated  in  value.  The  same  is  true  of  the 
apparatus,  which  is  all  new,  and  cost  $4,396.53. 

Departments  in  the  School. 

We  have  none  but  normal  pupils  in  the  school.  A 
little  more  than  a year  ago  the  city  high  school  was 
brought  to  the  building,  with  the  consent  and  advice  of 
Hon.  Victor  M.  Bice,  then  Superintendent  of  Public 
Instruction.  It  was  soon  found,  however,  that  the  two 
classes  of  schools  could  not  be  worked  well  together.  In 
the  normal  and  training  department,  all  the  work  must  be 
arranged  and  carried  out  with  reference  to  teaching.  The 
esprit  de  corps  of  the  teachers  must  be  a constant  and 
felt  presence.  With  the  two  different  classes  of  pupils,  it 
is  hardly  possible  to  do  this.  The  students  in  training 
are  much  older  than  the  academic  pupils,  are  limited  in 
their  means  for  acquiring  an  education,  often  to  a few 
dollars  that  have  been  husbanded  out  of  the  meagre  earn- 


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ings  of  many  years  of  severe  toil ; they  have  a definite 
object  in  view,  toward  which  they  are  struggling  with  an 
eager  purpose ; their  time  at  school  is,  at  best,  but  very 
limited,  and  they  are  desirous  of  crowding  the  greatest 
possible  amount  of  school  work  into  a given  time  ; and, 
to  accomplish  their  object,  they  are  willing  to  work  early 
and  late,  and  would  never  be  satisfied  to  be  tied  down  to 
the  ordinary  advancement  of  an  academic  class.  They 
are  capable  of  doing  more,  and  there  are  many  good  rea- 
sons why  more  should  be  required  of  them.  Not  being 
in  sympathy  with  each  other  in  their  aims  and  purposes, 
little  jealousies  are  likely  to  spring  up  to  disturb  the 
harmony  of  the  school,  and  injure  its  efficiency. 

These  are  conclusions  to  which  we  have  been  brought 
by  our  limited  experience,  and  all  further  effort  to  com- 
bine these  two  different  classes  will  be  entirely  abandoned. 

The  practicing  school  is  a department  of  the  public 
schools,  under  the  control  of,  and  sustained  entirely  by, 
the  city  school  board  ; so  that  there  are  no  pupils  in  this 
department  that  properly  belong  to  the  training  school, 
and  they  have  never  been  reported  as  such.  The  only 
names  we  report  are  strictly  normal  pupils,  those  who 
are  candidates  for  the  teacher’ s profession.  This  is  the 
only  department  in  the  school ; and,  as  already  stated, 
three  hundred  eighty -five  have  been  registered  during 
the  past  year,  and  diplomas  have  been  conferred  upon 
fifty-three  graduates. 

Board  of  Instructors. 

Edward  A.  Sheldon,  Superintendent  and  Professor  of 
Didactics.  Salary,  $2,300. 

John  W.  Armstrong,  Head-Master  and  Professor  of  the 
Natural  Sciences.  Salary,  $2,000.  , 

Isaac  B.  Poucher,  Professor  of  Mathematics.  Salary 
$1,800. 

Herman  Krusi,  Professor  of  Modern  Languages.  Salary 
for  half  time,  $850. 


State  Normal  School  at  Oswego.  13 

Emerson  J.  Hamilton,  Professor  of  Ancient  Languages. 
Salary  for  each  recitation  daily  per  year,  $266. 

John  B.  McLean,  Teacher  of  Vocal  Music.  Salary  for 
one  recitation  daily  per  year,  $200. 

Charles  C.  Curtiss,  Teacher  of  Penmanship  and  Book- 
keeping. Salary  for  one  recitation  daily  per  year,  $200. 

Mary  Howe  Smith,  Teacher  of  Geography  and  History. 
Salary,  $1,200. 

Matilda  S.  Cooper,  Teacher  of  Arithmetic  and  Gram- 
mar, and  methods  in  the  same  subjects.  Salary,  $1,200. 

Ellen  Seaver,  Teacher  of  Mental  Arithmetic,  Spelling, 
Impromptu  Composition,  Botany,  and  methods  of  giving 
various  Object  Lessons.  Salary,  $1,200. 

Sarah  J.  Armstrong,  Teacher  of  Rhetoric,  Geography, 
and  Impromptu  Composition.  Salary,  $700. 

Anna  T.  Randall,  Teacher  of  Reading  and  Elocution. 
Salary,  $1,200. 

Mary  E.  Perkins,  Teacher  of  Drawing.  Salary  for 
three  recitations  daily  per  year,  $200. 

Mary  D.  Sheldon,  Teacher  of  Light  Gymnastics. 
Salary  for  five  recitations  daily  per  year,  $200. 

Emerson  J.  Hamilton,  Mary  D.  Sheldon,  John  B. 
McLean,  and  Mrs.  Anna  T.  Randall  were  appointed 
Sept.  7,  1868,  and  the  appointments  were  confirmed  Oct. 
1st,  1868. 

All  the  other  teachers  were  appointed  July  11th,  1868, 
and  the  appointments  were  confirmed  by  the  State  Super- 
intendent of  Public  Instruction  on  the  11th  of  August, 
1868. 

Local  Board. 

Gilbert  Mollison,  President ; Daniel  G.  Fort,  Treas- 
urer; John  K.  Post,  Secretary;  Samuel  B.  Johnson, 
Robert  F.  Sage,  Thomas  S.  Mott,  Benjamin  Doolittle, 
John  M.  Barrow,  Abner  C.  Mattoon,  David  Harmon, 
Delos  De  Wolf,  Thompson  Kingsford,  Theodore  Irwin. 

The  members  of  the  Board  were  appointed  by  Hon. 


14 


Annual  Report  of  the 


Victor  M.  Rice,  May  9th,  1867,  and  the  officers  were 
elected  May  11th,  1867. 

Financial  Statement. 

Receipts. 

Received  from  the  State  $21,780  01 

“ other  sources 100  00 

$21,880  01 

Liabilities  and  Disbursements. 

Overdraft,  Oct.  1st,  1867 $982  92 

Contingent  expenses 3,798  31 

Teachers’  wages 11,285  01 

Paid  for  library  and  text  books 1,555  55 

“ furniture 182  89 

“ apparatus 3,712  83 

“ insurance  on  building 362  50 

$21,880  01 

Respectfully  submitted, 

GILBERT  MOLLISON, 

J.  K.  Post,  Secretary.  President. 


State  Normal  School  at  Oswego.  15 

DETAILED  STATEMENT 

Of  Receipts  and  Expenditures  of  the  Local  Board  of 
the  Oswego  Normal  and  Training  School , for  the  year 
ending  September  30 th,  1868. 

Receipts. 

Received  from  the  State  on  requisition . $21 , 780  01 

“ V.  C.  Douglass  (refun’d)  100  00 

$21,880  01 


Disbursements. 

Overdraft,  Oct.  1st,  1867 $982  92 

Contingent  Expenses. 

Oswego  Gas  Light  Co.,  consumption 

of  gas $92  94 

Parmenter  & Walker,  crayon 2 80 

E.  A.  Sheldon,  disbursements 233  76 

Kinyon  & Smith,  hardware 238 

J.  J.  Hart,  towels 1 50 

Collins  & Co.,  hardware 3225 

Hamilton,  Coe  & Co.,  stationery  and 

paper  hangings 85  06 

James  Arden,  delivering  baggage 13  70 

M.  E.  Adriance,  stationery 84  88 

D.  A.  Lathrop,  music  for  piano 4 50 

Daily  Palladium,  printing  schemes.  . . 21  75 

J.  O’Geran,  plumbing 2047 

P.  Malone,  cleaning,  and  janitor’s  ser- 
vices   473  50 

Advertiser  and  Times,  paper  and  print- 
ing   20  00 

R.  J.  Oliphant  & Co.,  paper  and  print- 
ing   127  75 

Chas.  Pickert,  painting 697  65 

Carried  forward $1,914  89  $982  92 


16  Annual  Report  of  the 

Brought  forward $1,914  89 

Mileage  of  pupils 968  70 

Corlies,  Macy  & Co.,  parchment  for 

diplomas. 35  25 

George  Lindsley,  labor 1250 

O.  W.  Bates,  hardware 13  20 

Louis  Lafour,  charcoal 54  40 

A.  C.  Mattoon,  traveling  expenses. ...  5 00 

C.  C.  Curtiss,  inkstands,  rulers,  pens, 

&c.,  for  bookkeeping  class 129  30 

O.  Peck,  tuning  piano 2 00 

Mrs.  Whitney,  ribbon  for  diplomas. . . 5 75 

Jas.  Hennessey,  labor 750 

C.  H.  Woodruff,  door  springs 7 00 

Z.  D.  Stevens,  measuring  graining. ...  6 00 

E.  Convers,  door  springs 7 25 

Lewis  & Co.,  carting  baggage  for 

pupils 36  75 

J.  P.  M.  Peck,  ribbon  for  diplomas.  . . 36  28 

Farwell  & Sloan,  lime 1 40 

Gibbs  & Rogers,  carpenter  work 3 75 

J.  Hughes,  manure  for  trees 1150 

D.  Perry,  ornamental  trees 28  50 

Advertiser  and  Times,  blanks  and  ad- 

vertising 43  50 

A.  G.  Cook,  coal 295  50 

G.  II.  Hees,  stationery 575 

W.  E.  Bowen,  delivering  baggage ....  340 

Lake  & Co.,  mason  work 93  78 

C.  Morrison  & Co.,  advertising  for 

boarding  places 20  10 

Lippencott  & Kinyon 774 

C.  H.  Butler  & Co.,  chemicals 5 40 

N.  M.  Andrews,  brooms,  matches,  and 

candles 17  13 

T.  S.  Brigham,  advertising  boarding 

places 2 00 

Carried  forward $3 >781  22 


$982  92 


$982  92 


State  Normal  School  at  Oswego. 


17 


Brought  forward 

J.  L.  Pool,  paper  hangings 

Pickert  & Drury,  papering  and  paint- 


13, 781  22  $982  92 

$2  44 


14  65 


Teachers’  Wages. 


Olive  A.  Pond,  temporary  supply 

$10 

00 

A.  T.  Morrow,  “ “ .... 

19 

17 

Mary  D.  Sheldon,  teaching  gymnastics. 

38 

33 

Herman  Krusi,  services  as  teacher .... 

800 

00 

Matilda  S.  Cooper,  “ “ .... 

1,100 

00 

Mary  E.  Perkins,  “ “ .... 

100 

00 

Isaac  B.  Poucher,  “ “ .... 

1,600 

00 

Ellen  Seaver,  “ “ .... 

527 

50 

Mary  H.  Smith,  “ “ .... 

615 

00 

Mrs.  AnnaT.  Randall,  servi’sas  teacher. 

350 

00 

Edward  A.  Trowbridge,  “ “ 

125 

00 

Emily  A.  Rice,  “ “ 

645 

00 

John  W.  Armstrong,  “ “ 

1,900 

00 

Edward  A.  Sheldon,  services  as  sup’t. . 

2,383 

65 

C.  C.  Curtis,  services  as  teacher 

200 

00 

Sarah  J.  Armstrong,  services  as  teacher. 

500 

00 

Tillie  C.  Staats,  “ “ 

100 

00 

Delia  A.  Lathrop,  “ “ 

217 

50 

Eliza  A.  Wrenn,  “ “ 

53 

86 

Library  Account. 

Mason  Brother’s,  Song  Garden 

$14 

40 

Chas.  Scribner  & Co.,  geographies  . . . 

91 

00 

Hamilton,  Coe  & Co.,  books 

382 

60 

Mary  E.  Adriance,  binding  books  .... 

13 

30 

Chas.  C.  Curtiss,  books  for  bookkeeping 

class  

169 

56 

Daniel  Appleton,  German  books 

15 

75 

Leopoldt  & Holt,  “ “ 

20 

84 

Cowperthwait  & Co.,  Green’s  Gram- 
mars   

Carried  forward 

2 


20  16 


3,798  31 


11,285  01 


$727  61  $16,066  24 


18 


Annual  Report  of  the 


$727  61  $16)066  24 

37  20 
251  09 
90  69 
18  00 
37  00 
31  50 
9 90 
13  15 
27  00 
10  00 
302  41 

1,555  55 

Furniture  Account. 


Bickford  & Gillett,  desks  and  chairs.  . $53  00 

L.  H.  Goldberg,  wash  bowl  and  pitchers  3 50 

McMahon  & Keenan,  stoves  and  pipe . 35  69 

G.  S.  Benz,  cases  for  apparatus  ......  46  25 

Bickford  & Gillett,  school  settees 44  45 

182  89 


Brought  forward 

Anna  T.  Randall,  Reading  books 

Hamilton,  Coe  & Co.,  books 

Mary  E.  Adriance,  “ 

Ivison,  Phinney  & Co.,  “ 

Chas.  Jerome,  “ 

Moss  & Co.,  “ 

E.  A.  Sheldon,  disbursements 

George  H.  Hees,  books 

A.  S.  Barnes  & Co.,  books 

G.  R.  Lockwood,  “ 

D.  Appleton  & Co.,  “ 


Apparatus  Account. 


Thos.  McAllister,  philosophical  app . . 

$269 

00 

W.  E.  Blossom,  beans  for  bean  bags . . 

8 

25 

J.  W.  Armstrong,  expenses  to  New 

York  to  select  apparatus 

25 

20 

D.  A.  Lathrop,  gymnastic  apparatus . . 

14 

18 

Bickford  & Gillett,  “ 

5 

00 

Jesse  King,  “ 

36 

75 

J.  F.  Lume,  philosophical  apparatus . . 

2,465 

48 

M.  H.  Smith,  globe 

15 

00 

L.  Lippencott,  making  cases  for  appa’s . 

388 

30 

E.  A.  Sheldon,  disbursements 

14 

67 

James  Greene,  philosophical  apparatus, 

471 

00 

3,712  83 


Insurance. 


O.  J.  Harmon,  ins.  Normal  school  bld’g.  $122  50 
W.  Newkirk,  “ “ “ 70  00 

Carried  forward $192  50  $21)517  51 


State  Normal  School  at  Oswego.  19 


Brought  forward $192  50 

W.  H.  Herrick,  ins.  Normal  sch’lbld’g.  35  00 

0.  R.  Paddock,  “ “ “ 105  00 

D.  Harmon,  “ “ “ 30  00 


$21,517  51 


362  50 


Total  liabilities  and  disbursements 


$21,880  01 


We  hereby  certify  that  we  have  examined  the  within  statement 
of  accounts  and  expenditures  for  the- Normal  and  Training  School 
at  Oswego,  during  the  past  year,  and  believe  the  same  to  be 
correct. 


J.  K.  Post,  Secretary. 
Oswego,  April , 12,  1869. 


GILBERT  MOLLISON, 

President. 


State  of  New  York,  ) 

Comity  of  Osviego.  f 

Sworn  and  subscribed  to  before  me,  this  12th  April,  1869. 

J.  Shepard  Fitch, 

Notary  Public. 


APPENDIX. 


Names  and  addresses  of  pupils  who  have  been  in  attendance  at 
the  Osioego  Normal  and  Training  School  during  the  year 
beginning  October  ls£,  1867,  and  closing  September  30£A,  1868. 


Name. 

Abbey,  Charles  I) 

Adkins,  Sarah  E 

Adle,  Emma  A 

Adriance,  Julia  L 

Allen,  Edna  A 

Allen,  Frances  L 

Allen,  John  G 

Allen,  Margaret  A 

Ailing,  George  E 

Ailing,  Mary  R 

Alvord,  Delia  M 

Alvord,  Ida  C 

Aplin,  K.  Louise 

Armstrong,  Clara  J 

Arnold,  Fanny 

Arnold,  Helen  M 

Arnold,  Marcia  A 

Avery,  Jennie  H 

Bailey,  Alice  F 

Baldwin,  Frances  S 

Barker,  Hannah  J 

Bassett,  Way  land,  G.  S. . . 

Beaman,  Alice 

Beaman,  Mary  E 

Bennett,  Ida  W 

Bettis,  Addie  F 


Post  Office  Address.  County. 

St.  Lawrence Jefferson. 

Fair  Dale Oswego. 

Oswego  Oswego. 

Oswego  Oswego. 

Oswego  Oswego. 

Cato  * Cayuga. 

Rochester Monroe. 

Rochester Monroe. 

Hunter Greene. 

Hunter Greene. 

Oswego  Oswego. 


Oswego  Oswego. 

Moscow Livingston. 

Springbrook  Erie. 

Frewsburg Chautauqua. 

Cayuga Cayuga. 

Foster  Center  ....  Provid.  Co.,  R.  I. 

Westfield Chautauqua. 

Trenton Mercer  Co.,  hh  J. 

Waverly  Tioga. 

Clay  Onondaga. 

Yolney Oswego. 

Antwerp Jefferson. 

Antwerp Jefferson. 

Lyons Wayne. 

Oswego  Oswego. 


Appendix. 


21 


Name. 

Poet  Office  Address. 

County. 

Bidwell,  Leslie  F 

West  Plattsburgh. 

Clinton. 

Bishop,  Charles  T 

. Oswego  

Oswego. 

Bishop,  Lena  B 

, Lorraine 

Jefferson. 

Blaisdel,  Susan 

. Guilford 

Dearborn  Co.  Ind. 

Blodgett,  Leonora  L 

, S.  W.  Oswego 

Oswego. 

Bloomer,  Jennie 

, Horseheads  

Chemung. 

Bond,  Lucy  E 

, Geneseo 

Livingston. 

Boyd,  Andrew  J 

. East  Groveland  . . . 

Livingston. 

Bradie,  Maria  K 

, Menden  

Monroe. 

Bramble,  Althea 

. Havana 

Schuyler. 

Brennan,  Kate  S 

, Syracuse 

Onondaga. 

Briggs,  Charles  J 

. Sherman 

Fairfield  Co.,  Ct. 

Briggs,  Jennie  A 

, Whitestone 

Queens. 

Brown,  Emma  C 

S.  W.  Oswego  . . . . 

Cayuga. 

Brown,  Francis  H 

, Meridian 

Cayuga. 

Brown,  Grace  A 

. Comae  

Suffolk. 

Brown,  Lyman  K 

. Mayfield 

F ulton. 

Brown,  Manily  T 

. North  Barton  . . . . 

Tioga. 

Brown,  Mary  J 

. West  Eaton 

Madison. 

Brown,  Sarah  A 

. Pulaski 

Oswego. 

Browning,  Charles  H . . . 

. Junius  

Seneca. 

Bruce,  Cornelia  A 

. Lenox  

Madison. 

Bruce,  Ida  E 

. Aurora 

Kane  Co.,  111. 

Bump,  Almerin  P 

. Hartford 

W ashington. 

Bunyan,  Agnes 

, West  Charlton. . . . 

Saratoga. 

Burhans,  Cornelius 

. W awarsing 

Ulster. 

Burke,  Ellen  B 

. Madrid 

St.  Lawrence. 

Burtch,  Frances  E 

. Antwerp 

Jefferson. 

Butin,  Lilia  G 

. Chicago 

Cook  Co.,  111. 

Byrnes,  De  Etta 

. Durhamville  

Oneida. 

Cady,  Mary  A 

. Brockport  

Monroe. 

Campbell,  Gertrude  I . . . 

. Oswego  

Oswego. 

Campbell,  Harriet  D.  . . . 

. Horseheads  

Chemung. 

Card,  George  N 

. Copake  

Columbia. 

Card,  Milton  H 

. North  Hector 

Schuyler. 

Carpenter,  Mara  E 

. Osceola 

Lewis. 

Carpenter,  Rosamond  H . 

. Havana 

Schuyler. 

Carrier,  Mary  E 

. Little  F alls 

Herkimer. 

22 


Appendix. 


Name. 

Post  Office  Address. 

County. 

Cately,  Alice  M 

• Tully  

Onondaga. 

Chadwick,  Margaret  E.  . 

. Fairport  . . . .* 

, Monroe. 

Chase,  1ST ellie  S 

. Hermon 

, St.  Lawrence. 

Chase,  Olive  A 

. Broad albin 

, F ulton. 

Chatfield,  Anna  E 

. N ewburgh 

. Orange. 

Chesebro,  Minnie  A . . . . 

. Phoenix 

, Oswego. 

Chisholm,  Lucy 

. Chazy 

, Clinton. 

Church,  Lizzie  A 

. Lewis 

, Essex. 

Churchill,  Jennie  H.  . . . 

. F ulton  

Oswego. 

Clapp,  Eva  II 

. La  Fayette 

. Onondaga. 

Clark,  Hattie 

. Oswego  

Oswego. 

Clarke,  Harriet  A 

. Baldwinsville  . . . . 

Onondaga. 

Coats,  Ella  F 

. Watkins 

, Schuyler. 

Coats,  Vesta  L 

. Oswego  

Oswego. 

Cook,  Ida  I 

. La  Fayette 

Onondaga. 

Cook,  Sophie 

. Ticonderoga  

Essex. 

Coon,  Emily 

. Oswego  

, Oswego. 

Cooper,  Arthur 

. Woodstock  

Ulster. 

Crabb,  Eugene  M 

. Redwood 

, Jefferson. 

Crooks,  Helen  A 

. Ontario. 

Currier,  Florence  M.  . . . 

. Hinmanville  

, Oswego. 

Curtis,  Hannah 

. Maine 

Broome. 

Curtis,  Lewis  T 

. Maine 

Broome. 

Curtis,  Angie  E 

. Hannibalville  . . . . 

Oswego. 

Dalrymple,  Harriet  A . . . 

. Oswego  

Oswego. 

Davidge,  Samuel  P 

. Newark  Valley  . . . 

Tioga. 

Davis,  Ada 

. Coram  

, Suffolk. 

Davis,  Harriet  E 

. Miller’s  Place 

Suffolk. 

Day,  Delia  M 

. Livonia  Center . . . . 

, Livingston. 

Dean,  Ellen  P 

. Cazenovia  

Madison. 

De  Lano,  Marion  H 

. Ticonderoga  

Essex. 

De  Lano,  Teen  J 

. Ticonderoga  

, Essex. 

Dempsey,  Kittie  L 

. Oswego  

Oswego. 

Denniston,  Eliza  J 

. Vail’s  Gate 

Orange. 

Denton,  Sarah  L 

. Mendham 

, Morris  Co.,  N.  J. 

Dikeman,  Charlotte  N . . 

. East  Rush 

. Monroe. 

Dikeman,  Frances 

. East  Rush  

, Monroe. 

Dildine,  Mary  E 

. Hammond’s  Port . . 

, Steuben. 

Appendix. 


23 


Name. 

Post  Office  Address. 

County. 

Dobbie,  E.  Valina 

. Oswego  

Oswego. 

Doolittle,  Abbie  A 

. Oswego  

Oswego. 

Doris,  Alice  M 

. Mumford 

Monroe. 

Doris,  Elizabeth  L 

. Mumford 

Monroe. 

Doris,  Letitia  J 

. Mumford 

Monroe. 

Douglass,  Henry  M 

, . South  Richland  . . . 

Oswego. 

Drake,  Julia  A 

, . Syracuse 

Onondaga. 

Draper,  Clara 

, . Dryden 

Tompkins. 

Dudley,  Emma  M 

, . Meridian 

Cayuga. 

Dunning,  Frances  M.  . . 

. . Hammond’s  Port . . 

Steuben. 

Dunning,  George 

. . Coopersville 

Clinton. 

Dunning,  Kate  A 

. . Coopersville 

Clinton. 

Earl,  N ellie 

. . Oswego 

Oswego. 

Edwards,  Eva  S 

. . Prattsburgh 

Steuben. 

Edwards,  Henry  L 

. . Spiceland 

Henry  Co.,  Ind. 

Edwards,  Lindley  M . . . 

. . Spiceland 

Henry  Co.,  Ind. 

Espey,  Samuel  A 

. . Uniontown 

Fayette  Co.,  Pa. 

Everts,  James  D 

. . Searsburgh 

Schuyler. 

Ewart,  Kate  S 

. . East  Groveland.  . . 

Livingston. 

Fairchild,  Fanny  M. . . . 

. . Ilion \. 

Herkimer. 

Farnham,  Amos  W . . . . 

. . Fair  Dale 

Oswego. 

Ferguson,  Sarah  M. . . . 

. . Wright’s  Corners. . 

Niagara. 

Fitzpatrick,  Julia  A. . . . 

. . Greig 

Lewis.  [of  0. 

Flower,  Antoinette  A . . 

. . Belleville 

Hastings  Co.,  P. 

Forsyth,  Mary 

. . Oswego 

Oswego. 

France,  Aaron  R 

. . Corn  wall  ville 

, Greene. 

Franks,  Maria  B 

. . Jersey  City 

Hudson  Co.,  N.  J. 

French,  Armina 

. . Friendship 

, Allegany. 

Frisbie,  Amanda 

. . Willsborough 

, Essex. 

Frisbie,  Jeannette  C.  . . 

. . Willsborough 

, Essex. 

Furman,  G.  Monroe .... 

. . Haverstraw 

, Rockland. 

Gage,  L.  Jennie 

. . Macedon 

, Wayne. 

Gallagher,  Kate  A 

. . Oswego 

, Oswego. 

Galloway,  Eudora  F . . . 

. . Rochester 

. Monroe. 

Gardner,  Ella  A 

. . Oswego 

. Oswego. 

Gaylord,  Margaret  K . . 

. . Utica 

, Oneida. 

Gibbs,  Lilia  A 

. . Westfield 

, Chautauqua. 

Gilbert,  Josephine  M. . . 

. . Phoenix 

, Oswego. 

24 


Appendix. 


Name. 

Post  Office  Address. 

County. 

Gillispie,  Letitia  J 

, Pulaski 

. Oswego. 

Goodell,  Dora  E 

, Lowville 

. Lewis. 

Gooclell,  Mary  L 

. Rochester 

. Monroe. 

Goodsell,  Jennie  F 

, Corning 

. Steuben. 

Gray,  May  E 

. Oswego 

. Oswego.  . 

Green,  Cassius  M 

. Oswego 

. Oswego. 

Green,  Sturgis  H 

. Adel 

. Dallas  Co.,  Iowa. 

Griggs,  Ida  A 

. New  York 

. New  York. 

Griswold,  Aurora  M . . . . 

. Oswego 

. Oswego. 

Haight,  Esther  A 

. Crum  Elbow 

. Dutchess. 

Hammond,  Anna 

. North  Scriba 

. Oswego. 

Hammond,  Marcia  C. . . . 

. Dexter 

. Jefferson. 

Hall,  Alice 

. S.  W.  Oswego .... 

. Oswego. 

Hall,  Alice  E 

. Euclid 

. Onondaga. 

Hall,  Belle 

. Pulaski 

. Oswego. 

Hall,  Jr.,  John  A 

. Jamestown 

. Chautauqua. 

Hall,  Mary 

. S.  W.  Oswego . . . . 

. Oswego. 

Hall,  Mary  F 

. Spencer 

. Tioga. 

Harkness,  J.  W arren. . . . 

. Keeseville 

. Clinton. 

Harkness,  Miranda. ..... 

. Keeseville 

. Clinton. 

Harper,  Amelia  A 

. York  Mills 

. Oneida. 

Harris,  Susan  A 

. Lima 

. Livingston. 

Harsha,  Mary  C 

. Fair  Haven 

. Cayuga. 

Haviland,  Mary  E 

. Brooklyn 

. Kings. 

Hastings,  Aaron  H 

. Dublin 

. Wayne  Co.,  Ind. 

Henderson,  Mary  E 

. Oswego 

. Oswego. 

Henry,  Susan  R 

. Gowanda 

. Cattaraugus. 

Herries,  Isabella 

. Sterling  Center. . . 

. Cayuga. 

Hicks,  Elvenia  0 

. McGrawville  . . . . 

. Cortland. 

Hill,  William 

. Lackawack 

. Ulster. 

Hinckley,  Lucy  M 

. Ledyard 

. Cayuga. 

Hodgkins,  E.  Theodocia . 

. Carthage 

. Jefferson. 

Holbrook,  Fanny  L 

. Oswego 

. Oswego. 

Homan,  Ellen  0 

. Yaphank  

. Suffolk. 

Hood,  Helen  F 

. Chittenango 

. Madison. 

Hopkins,  Amanda  J ...  . 

. W estfield 

. Chautauqua. 

Howard,  Elizabeth  F . . . 

. New  Haven 

. Oswego. 

Howard,  Ellen  E 

. Ogdensburgh  .... 

. St.  Lawrence. 

Appendix. 


25 


Name. 

Poet  Office  Address. 

County. 

Howard,  James  S 

Ogdensburgh  . . . . 

. St.  Lawrence. 

Hubbard,  Margaret  S . . . . 

Hannibal 

. Oswego. 

Hubbard,  Zilpha  S 

Sterlingville 

. Jefferson. 

Hughes,  Jennie  E 

Rochester 

. Monroe. 

Hughes,  Charlotte  A 

Cleveland 

. Cuyahoga  Co.,  0. 

Hunt,  Emma  S 

Oswego 

. Oswego. 

Jagger,  Mary  E 

West  Hampton. . . 

. Suffolk. 

Johnson,  Sarah  M 

Mexico 

. Oswego. 

Jones,  Eleanor  E 

Springville 

. Erie. 

Jones,  Lewis  II 

Spiceland 

. Henry  Co.,  Ind. 

Jones,  Miriam  P 

Nashua 

. Hillsb’ro  Co.,N.H. 

Joslin,  Sylvia  P 

Springville 

. Erie. 

Keeler,  Esther  J 

Malone 

. Franklin. 

Kellogg,  Charlotte  R . . . . 

Springville 

. Erie. 

Kellogg,  Corralinn  A . . . . 

Oswego 

. Oswego. 

Kellogg,  Fannie  E 

Whitehall  

. Washington. 

Kellogg,  Martha  M 

Cato  

. Cayuga. 

Kendall,  Harriet  D 

Attica 

. W yoming. 

Kenific,  Mary  J 

Oswego 

. Oswego. 

Kimber,  Fannie  C 

Barrvtown 

. Dutchess. 

King,  Eudora  A 

Livonia 

. Livingston. 

Kingsford,  Elizabeth  .... 

Oswego 

. Oswego. 

Klohs,  Charlotte  M 

Malone 

. Franklin. 

Kyle,  Bertha  C 

Lewis 

. Essex. 

Lackey,  Mary  A 

Little  Genesee  . . . 

. Allegany. 

Lafferty,  Susan 

Oswego 

. Oswego. 

Laing,  Marion 

Harlem 

. New  York. 

Lantry,  Thomas  A 

North  Lawrence  . 

. St.  Lawrence. 

Laramy,  Lizzie 

Batavia 

. Genesee. 

Lathrop,  Delia  A 

Plank  Road 

. Onondaga. 

Lawrence,  Maria  E 

Fulton  

. Oswego. 

Lawrence,  Mary  L 

Fulton  

. Oswego. 

Leach,  Sarah  H 

Winfield 

. Herkimer. 

Lepper,  John  R 

Amsterdam 

. Montgomery. 

Lewis,  Martha  E 

South  Canton .... 

. St.  Lawrence. 

L’Hommedieu,  Nancy  H. 

Ronkonkoma  .... 

. Suffolk. 

Little,  Jennie  E 

Hudson  

. Columbia. 

Low,  Viola 

Grahamville 

. Sullivan. 

26 


Appendix. 


Name. 

Poet  Office  Address. 

County. 

Macken,  Chauncey  B. . . . 

. Wellsville 

Allegany. 

Marsden,  Frances  M 

, Oswego 

Oswego. 

Martin,  Fanny  E 

. Dexter 

Washte’u  Co.,M’h 

Maybee,  Sarah  H 

. East  Norwich 

Queens. 

McAuley,  Margaret  L. . . , 

. Oswego 

Oswego. 

McBride,  Mary  E 

. Mumford 

Monroe. 

McBride,  Ruth 

. Mumford 

Monroe. 

MCcne  Eliza 

Oswego 

Oswego. 

MCculloch,  Martha  A . . . , 

. F ulton  

Oswego. 

McElroy,  Alice  E 

. Oswego 

Oswego. 

McFarlane,  Jeannette..  . . 

Westbrookville  . . . 

Sullivan. 

McLaughlin,  Mary  J 

, Oswego 

, Oswego. 

McLean,  Ida  E 

. Oswego 

Oswego. 

McLeish,  Anna 

. J ohnstown 

Fulton. 

Merriam,  Eunice  J 

. Malone 

F ranklin. 

Merritt,  Ellen  J 

. Potsdam 

, St.  Lawrence. 

Miller,  Adaline  B 

. Miller’s  Place 

, Suffolk. 

Miller,  Augusta 

. Copake  

, Columbia. 

Miller,  Catharine  L 

. Miller’s  Place 

. Suffolk. 

Moore,  L.  Franeelia 

. Lima 

, Livingston. 

Moore,  Maria  L 

. Plattsburgh 

, Clinton. 

Morey,  Amelia  

. Binghamton 

, Broome. 

Morey,  Charles  R 

. Georgetown 

, Madison. 

Morey,  Helen 

. Bino'hamton 

, Broome. 

Morris,  Ruth 

. Richmond  

, Wayne  Co.,  Ind. 

Morrison,  Kate  L 

. Whitestone 

, Queens. 

Morrow,  Alcinda  L 

. Marion  

Grant  Co.,  Ind. 

Morrow,  Andrew  T 

. Marion 

Grant  Co.,  Ind. 

Morse,  Susan  J 

. Oswego 

, Oswego. 

Mott,  Elzina  E 

. Blue  Point 

Suffolk. 

Mulvany,  T.  Jefferson  . . 

. Chittenango 

. Madison. 

Munson,  Henrietta  E. . . . 

. Hebron 

. W ashington. 

Muzzy,  Alcie  N 

. Peru  

. Clinton. 

Myers,  Melinda  M 

. Sterling  Valley  . . . 

, Cayuga. 

Nelon,  Bridget  M 

. Oswego 

. Oswego. 

Neville,  Rebecca  A 

. Hannibal 

. Oswego. 

Newby,  Nathan 

. Spiceland 

Henry  Co.,  Ind. 

Newkirk,  Adaline  E.  . . . 

. Oswego 

Oswego. 

Appendix. 


27 


Name. 

Post  Office  Address. 

County. 

Nipper,  Nellie 

. . . Kinney’s  4 Corners 

Oswego. 

Noble,  Ida  R 

. . . Canton 

St.  Lawrence. 

North,  Olive 

. . . Alexander  

Genesee. 

Olmstead,  Caroline  L . 

. . . Union 

Broome. 

Oot,  Josephine  R 

. . . Minetto  

Oswego. 

Orr,  Mary  H 

Cayuga. 

Otis,  Clarinda 

. . . Oswego 

Oswego. 

Parks,  Minnie  A 

. . . Victor 

Ontario. 

Parsons,  Emma  S 

Broome. 

Parsons,  Jennie  A.  . . . 

. . . Binghamton 

Broome. 

Pease,  Le  Roy.  ...*... 

Oswego. 

Peet,  Nira  H 

. . . Watkins 

Schuyler. 

Perkins,  Anna  H 

. . . Fair  Dale 

Oswego. 

Perkins,  Hannah  F . . . 

Oswego. 

Phelps,  Alice  M 

. . . Plymouth 

Wayne  Co.,  Mich. 

Phillips,  Emily  E . . . . 

Madison. 

Pierce,  Ruth  A 

Cortland. 

Pitman,  Marv  R 

. . . Buffalo 

Erie. 

Pond,  Olive  A 

. . . New  Britain 

Hartford  Co.,  Ct. 

Poucher,  Florence  M . 

. . . Oswego 

Oswego. 

Pratt,  Adelle 

Broome. 

Ransom,  George  B . . . 

. . . Plattsburgh 

Clinton. 

Reynolds,  Ellen 

Madison. 

Reynolds,  Hartwill . . . 

Columbia. 

Reynolds,  Velma  C . . 

. . . Fulton  

Oswego. 

Rice,  Belle  0 

. . . Greigsville 

Livingston. 

Rice,  Maria  C 

. . . Hannibal . . . ■ 

Oswego. 

Rice,  Sarah  E 

. . . Fulton  

Oswego. 

Richards,  Charles  W . 

. . . Acra 

Greene. 

Rider,  Lucy 

. . . Buffalo 

Erie. 

Rider,  Mary  J 

. . . Graefenberg 

Herkimer. 

Riggs,  Mary  E 

Oswego. 

Riggs,  Matthew  B . . . 

. . . Amity  

Orange. 

Robb,  Jeannette  A. . . 

. . . Malone 

Franklin. 

Robinson,  Jane 

...  Clyde  

Wayne. 

Romans,  Mary  A 

...  La  Porte 

La  Porte  Co.,  Ind. 

Roode,  Kittie  A 

. . . Hastings’  Center . . 

Oswego. 

Root,  Martha  J 

. . . Pulaski  . . .' 

Oswego. 

28 


Appendix. 


Name.  Post  Office  Address.  County. 


Root,  Mary  A 

. Whitehall 

. Washington. 

Rope,  Mary  A 

. Oswego  

. Oswego. 

Ross,  Minnie  A 

. Oswego  

. Oswego. 

Ross,  Sarah  A 

. F airport 

. Monroe. 

Rowland,  Martha  M . . . . 

. Miller’s  Place.  .. . 

. Suffolk. 

Salisbury,  Ellen  F 

. Pulaski 

. Oswego. 

Salmon,  Lizzie 

. Oswego  

. Oswego. 

Salmon,  Lucy  M 

. F ulton  

. Oswego. 

Sanders,  Ella  L 

, Hannibalville  .... 

. Oswego. 

Sanford,  Emily  S 

. East  Setauket. . . . 

. Suffolk. 

Sawyer,  Laura  A 

, Lawrenceville  . . . 

. St.  Lawrence. 

Schenck,  Linna  A 

. Fulton  

. Oswego. 

Searles,  Josephine 

, Elmira  

. Chemung. 

Seymour,  John  S 

, Whitney’s  Point  . , 

. Broome. 

Shaw,  Alice  J 

Ellington  

. Chautauqua. 

Sheaf,  Mary  L 

Oswego  

. Oswego. 

Sheldon,  Amelia  C 

Hopkinton 

. St.  Lawrence. 

Sheldon,  Mary  D 

Oswego  

. Oswego. 

Sheldon,  Phinnie  C 

Versailles 

, Cattaraugus. 

Sherman,  Auronett  M . . . . 

Greenwich 

. Washington. 

Sherman,  Josephine  I.  . . . 

F ulton  

, Oswego. 

Sherwood,  Ferdinand  A.  . 

Maine 

. Broome. 

Simmons,  Charles  M 

Potter 

. Yates. 

Simons,  M.  Adeline 

Meridian  

. Cayuga. 

Sisson,  Eugene  P 

Georgetown 

. Madison. 

Smith,  James  H 

Oswego  

. Oswego. 

Smith,  Hannah  M 

Logan  

. Schuyler. 

Smith,  Helen  M 

Attica 

. W yoming. 

Smith,  Lucinda . . . . 

North  Scriba 

, Oswego. 

Sprott,  Mary 

Fortsville 

. Saratoga. 

Squier,  Mary  C 

Chittenango  

, Madison. 

Steere,  Kate  C 

Adrian  

Lenawee  Co, Mich. 

Stetson,  William  S 

Coopersville  

, Clinton. 

Stevens,  Frances  A 

Oswego  

Oswego. 

Stevenson,  Agnes  A 

N ewburgh  

Orange. 

Stewart,  Mary  C 

Sterling  Valley  . . . 

Cayuga. 

Stockwell,  Frances  C . . . . 

Meridian  

Cayuga. 

Stoddard,  Fanny  M 

Hancock 

Delaware. 

Appendix. 


29 


Name. 

Stone,  Ella  S 

Strong,  Anna  H 

Summers,  Emma  L 

Swanger,  Emma  I 

Swanger,  Maria  M 

Sweet,  Caroline  J 

Tappen,  Emma  H„ 

Taylor,  Anna  H 

Taylor,  Helen  M 

Teague,  Ella  T 

Teague,  N.  Adel 

Terry,  N.  Wesley 

Terry,  S.  Curtiss 

Thompson,  Nellie 

Titus,  Mary  J 

Travis,  Sarah  J 

Trowbridge,  Mary  L 

Tubbs,  Rhoda  A 

Turner,  Alexander  M . . . . 

Turner,  Martha  J 

Tuttle,  Mary  E 

Tuttle,  Mira  A 

Y an  Hovenbergh,  Sarah  J. 
Van  Husen,  Nancy  L. . . . 
Y an  W agenen, Charlotte  E. 

Wait,  Mary  G 

Wales,  Lucretia  H 

Walker,  Foster  W 

Walker,  Mary  E 

Wallace,  LucyM 

Wallace,  Mary  L 

Warner,  Sarah 

W aughop,  Maryette  C . . . 

Werner,  Julia  A 

Wetherell,  Joseph 

Wheeler,  Sophronia  M.  . . 

Wheelock,  Emma 

White,  Frances  E 


Post  Office  Address.  County. 

Cato Cayuga. 

Oswego  Oswego. 

Oswego  Oswego. 

Ogdensburgh  ....  St.  Lawrence. 
Os;densburgh  ....  St.  Lawrence. 

o o 

Phoenix Oswego. 

Jericho Queens. 

Norfolk  Nlorfok  Co.  Ya. 

Parish Oswego. 

Oswego  Oswego. 

Oswego  Oswego. 

Searsburgh  Schuyler. 

Watertown Jefferson. 

Broadalbin Fulton. 

Hingham  Shebo.  Co.,  Mich. 

N ewburgh  Orange. 

Mexico Oswego. 

Oswego  Oswego. 

Fair  Haven Cayuga. 

Fair  Haven Cayuga. 

Syracuse Onondaga. 

Chenango  Forks  . . Broome. 

Oren Onondaga. 

Buffalo Erie. 

Fulton  Oswego. 

Wakefield  Mid’sex  Co.,  Mass. 

Scriba Oswego. 

Le  Roy Genesee. 

Hancock Delaware. 

Oswego  Oswego. 

Oswego  Oswego. 

Fulton  Oswego. 

Washington Tazewell  Co.,  Ind. 

Albany Albany. 

Malta Morgan  Co.,  O. 

Hammond’s  Port . . Steuben. 

Summit  Station . . . Onondaga. 

Port  Byron Cayuga. 


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Appendix. 


Whitmore,  Francis  E . . . . 

Georgetown 

Madison. 

Whitmore,  Otis  H 

Georgetown 

Madison. 

Whitney,  Rose 

Binghamton  

Broome. 

Wicks,  Inez  A 

Trenton  

Oneida. 

Williams,  Helen  M 

N orth  Lawrence . . 

St.  Lawrence. 

Williams,  Marshall  G . . . . 

Newark  Valley  . . . 

Tioga. 

Willsie,  Cornelia 

Kiantone 

•Chautauqua. 

Wilson,  Julia  A 

Canastota 

Madison. 

Wiltse,  Ellen 

Fenton ville  

Chautauqua. 

Winchell,  Cornelia  M . . . . 

Oswego  

Oswego. 

Winder,  Anna  M 

Richmond  

Wayne  Co.,  Ind: 

Witherell,  Mary  L 

Oswego  

Oswego. 

W olsey,  Maria  P 

Valhalla 

Westchester. 

Woolworth,  Clara  K.... 

Port  Leyden 

Lewis. 

Woolworth,  Gilbert  M. . . 

Port  Leyden 

Lewis. 

Wright,  Kate  S 

Wellsville 

Allegany. 

Young,  Melinda 

Upper  Aquebogue. 

Suffolk. 

Total 

385 

Graduates  for  the  Term  Ending  February  4th,  1868. 


Elementary 

Clapp,  Eva  H., 

Clark,  Hattie, 

De  Lano,  Teen  J., 

Dobbie,  E.  Lina, 

Edwards,  Eva  S., 

Gage,  L.  Jennie, 

Galloway,  F.  Eudora, 

Jones,  Miriam  P., 

Jones,  Lewis  H., 

Advanced 

Boyd,  Andrew  J., 

Crooks,  Helen  A., 

Dunning,  George, 

Hicks,  Elvenia  O., 


Training  Class. 

Lawrence,  Maria  E., 
Leach,  Sarah  H., 
Lathrop,  Delia  A., 
Martin,  Fannie  E., 
McFarlane,  Jennette, 
Parsons,  Jennie  A., 
Parsons,  Emma  S., 
Pitman,  Mary  R., 
Wales,  Lucretia  H. 

Training  Class. 

Hughes,  Jennie  E., 
Macken,  Chauncey  B., 
Riggs,  Mary  E., 

Taylor,  Helen  M. 


Appendix.  31 

Closing  Exercises  of  the  Oswego  Normal  and  Training 

School. 

Tuesday , February  1868. 


Order  of  Morning  Exercises. 

1.  Opening  Exercises. 

2.  Lesson  with  Children ; Animals Hattie  Clark. 

3.  Essay — “Brave  in  the  right” Eva  H.  Clapp. 

4.  Essay — “ Unknown  ” Eva  S.  Edwards. 

Music. 

Chorus—11  There’s  room  enough  for  all.”  [Lowell  Mason.] 

5.  Lesson  with  Children ; Spelling Maria  E.  Lawrence. 

6.  Essay — “ Poetry  ” Sarah  H.  Leach. 

Music. 

Chorus — “ We  are  sons  of  hardy  toil:”  [Lowell  Mason.] 

7.  Lesson  with  Pupils;  Natural  Philosophy. . . George  Dunning. 

8.  Essay — “Progress” Jennie  Hughes. 

Music. 

Chorus — “ Light  beyond  the  clouds.”  [Lowell  Mason.] 

9.  Lesson  with  Children;  Number L.  Jennie  Gage. 

10.  Essay — “ Life  is  but  a strife  ” A.  J.  Boyd. 

11.  Essay — “Life” E.  Lina  Dobbie. 

Music. 


Chorus— “ O,  Boatman,  chant  thy  roundelay.”  [German.] 


Afternoon  Exercises. 

Music. 

“ Ovido.”  [Lowell  Mason.] 

1.  Lesson  with  Children  ; Objects Teen  J.  Delano. 

2.  Essay — “Chivalry” Miriam  P.  Jones. 

Music. 

Chorus— “ Hark  ! the  Alpine  hunter’s  hom.”  [Mason.] 

3.  Lesson  with  Children  ; Geography Lucretia  Wales. 

4.  Essay — “ Labor  ” i George  Dunning. 

Music. 

Chorus— “ The  Wanderer’s  Staff”  [Mason.] 

5.  Lesson  with  Pupils ; Algebra Chauncey  B.  Macken. 

6.  Essay — “ Shadows  ” Emma  S.  Parsons. 

Music. 

Instrumental— “ Silvery  Waves.”  [A.  P.  Wyman.] 

7.  Lesson  with  Children  ; Language Lewis  H.  Jones. 

8.  Essay — “Reforms” Helen  A.  Crooks. 

Music. 

Chorus— “ While  about  the  brow  of  night.”  [Arranged  from  Marcadanta.] 


32 


Appendix. 


Programme  for  the  Evening. 


1.  Prayer. 

Music. 

Te  Deum.  [J.  R.  Thomas.] 

2.  Salutatory Lena  O.  Hicks. 

3.  Essay — “ The  Responsibility  of  a Teacher’s  Voca- 

tion”   .* Chauncey  B.  Macken. 

4.  Recitation — “Liberty  and  Independence  ” F.  Eudora  Galloway. 


Music. 

Solo— “My  trundle  bed.”  [J-  C.  Baker.] 

5.  Essay — “ The  Esthetics  of  Education  ” Fannie  E.  Martin. 

6.  Essay — “Earthly  Happiness” Helen  M.  Taylor. 

7.  Essay — “ The  Past,  the  Present,  the  Future  ” Lewis  H.  J ones. 

Music. 

Instrumental— “ Poet  and  Peasant.”  [F.  Von  Supe.] 

8.  Essay — “ Phantoms” Jennie  A.  Parsons. 

9.  Essay,  with  Valedictory Jennette  McFarland. 


Music. 

Chorus— “ From  our  own  native  mountains.”  [From  the  Child  of  the  Regiment.] 

10.  Address Lieut.  Gov.  Woodford. 


Music. 

Solo— “The  Forsaken.”  [Virginia  Gabriel.] 

11.  Presentation  of  Diplomas. 

Music. 

“ Graduates’s  Song.” 
Benediction. 


Graduates  for  Term  Ending  July  8,  1868. 

Classical  Class. — Henry  M.  Douglass,  Mary  D.  Sheldon,  Agnes 
A.  Stevenson. 

Advanced  Training  Class. — Fanny  Arnold,  Henry  M.  Doug- 
lass, Isabella  Herries,  Mary  C.  Stewart,  Maria  M.  Swanger,  Emma 
I.  Swanger,  Laura  A.  Sawyer,  Eugene  P.  Sisson,  Ellen  Wiltse. 

Elementary  Training  Class. — Clara  J.  Armstrong,  Ellen  B. 
Burke,  Elizabeth  L.  Doris,  Fanny  M.  Fairchild,  Marcia  Hammond, 
Susan  B.  Henry,  Alcinda  L.  Morrow,  Anna  H.  Perkins,  Mary  A. 
Romans,  Mary  E.  Riggs,*  Martha  J.  Root,  Charlotte  E.  Van 
Wagenen,  Nancy  L.  Van  Husen,  Minnie  A.  Ross,  Julia  A.  Wer- 
ner, Sophronia  M.  Wheeler. 


* Graduated  from  advanced  Training  Class. 


Appendix.  33 

Programme  of  Closing  Exercises  of  the  Oswego  Normal 
and  Training  School. 

Wednesday , July  8th,  1868. 

Order  of  Morning  Exercises. 


1.  Opening  Exercises. 

2.  Lesson  with  Children ; “ Sounds  ” Anna  H.  Perkins. 

3.  Essay  — “ Labor  ” Marcia  Hammond. 

4.  Essay  — “ Cob  Houses  ” Elizabeth  L.  Doris. 

Music. 

Chorus  — “ O,  hail  us  ye  free.”  [Hernani.] 

5.  Lesson  with  Children ; “ Size  ” Mary  E.  Riggs. 

6.  Essay — “The  Secret  of  Success” Emma  I.  Swanger. 


7.  Essay  — “ Seek  to  Lose  and  Lose  to  Find”  . Isabella  Herries. 

Music. 

Instrumental  Duet — “ The  Twins.”  [Schubert.] 


8.  Lesson  with  Pupils ; “ Chemistry  ” Eugene  P.  Sisson. 

9.  Essay  — “Ships  in  Port” Martha  J.  Root. 

Music. 

Quartette  — “ O’er  the  dark  blue  Sea.”  [White.] 

10.  Lesson  with  Children;  “Form” Mary  A.  Romans. 

11.  Essay  — “Morning” Mary  C.  Stewart. 

Music. 

Solo  — “ The  Woods.”  [Franz.] 


Afternoon  Exercises. 

Music. 

Chorus. 

1.  Lesson  with  Children;  “ Mineralogjr” Fanny  Arnold. 

2.  Essay  — “ The  night  reveals  what  the  day 

conceals  ” Susan  R.  Henry. 

Music. 

Duet  — “ We  are  wandering  o’er  the  Mountains.”  [Wallace.] 

3.  Lesson  with  Children ; “ Color  ” Fanny  M.  Fairchild. 

4.  Essay  — “ Burial  Places  ” Laura  A.  Sawyer. 

Music. 

Instrumental  Solo  — “ Adagio,”  in  B flat.  tBeethoven.] 

5.  Lesson  with  Children ; “Botany” Charlotte E.  Van Wagenen. 

6.  Essay  — “Earth’s  Meccas” Alcinda  L.  Morrow. 

Music. 

Solo  — “ Under  the  Daisies.”  [Millard.] 


3 


M 


Appendix. 


7.  Lesson  with  Children;  “Objects” Soplironia  M.  Wheeler. 

8.  Essay — “Threads” Minnie  A.  Ross. 

9.  Recitation Ellen  B.  Burke. 


Music. 

“ Joy  ! Joy ! Freedom  to-day.”  [Gipsy’s  Warning.] 


Evening  Exercises. 

1.  Prayer. 

Music. 

“Old  Hundred.” 

2.  Salutatory Henry  M.  Douglass. 

3.  Essay  — “ Crowns  and  the  Crowned” Agnes  A.  Stevenson. 

4.  Poem  — “The  Ghost  of  Composition” Ellen  Wiltsie. 

Music. 

Duet  — “ Two  Merry  Alpine  Maids,”  [Glover.] 

5.  Essay  — “Lights” Clara  A.  Armstrong. 

6.  Essay  — “Fort  Donelson’s  Contribution  to 

Civilization  ” Maria  M.  Swanger. 

7.  Poem  — “ The  Orchestra  of  Nature  ” Mary  D.  Sheldon. 

Music. 

Trio  — Gently  fall  the  Dews  of  Eve.”  [II  Giurmento.] 

8.  Essay  — “Harmony  of  the  Fine  Arts” Julia  A.  Werner. 

9.  Essay,  with  .Valedictory .*. . Nancy  L.  Van  Heusen. 

Music. 

Solo  — “ Bird  of  Beauty.”  [Scott.] 

10.  Address Prof.  J.  B.  Condit,  D.  D. 

Music. 


Chorus  — “ When  daylight’s  going.”  [La  Somnambula.] 

11.  Conferring  of  Diplomas. 

Music. 

“ Graduate’s  Song.” 

Benediction. 


Daily  Programme  of  Oswego  Normal  and  Training 


Appendix. 


35 


1-4 

o 

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Daily  Programme  — ( Continued'). 


Appendix. 


37 


Classical  Class. 

Teachers. 

— 

Mr.  Krusi. 

Mr.  Krusi. 

IS 

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:S 

Mr.  Krusi. 

Mr.  Hamilton. 

Mr.  Hamilton. 

Subjects. 

B.— French  . 
A.— French  . 

C.— French  . 

German 

Latin 

Latin 

Advanced  Training  Class. 

Teachers. 

1111 
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Miss  Seaver. 
Mr.  Poucher 

Mr.  Krusi. .. 
Mr.  Curtiss  . 
Mr.  McLean. 

* 

Subjects. 

School  Economy 

Gymnastics 

Arithmetic  (Methods). 
Grammar  (Methods)  . . 

Botany 

Algebra  ("Methods! 

Philos’phy  of  Educat’n 

Penmanship 

Vocal  Music 

Advanced  Preparatory. 

A.  Class. 

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Mr.  Armstrong. . 
Miss  Sheldon  . . . 
Mr.  Armstrong. . 

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Mr.  Curtiss 

Mr.  McLean 

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Geology 

Geometry . . . 

Botany 

TIia+rki*v 

Phys.  Geog. . 
Penmanship 
Vocal  Music. 

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Miss  I.  Cook  — 

Mrs.  Smith 

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Gymnastics 

Physical  Geog’phy 
Botany 

unemisiry 

Intermission 

Study 

VJCU1HCUJ 

Algebra 

Penmanship 

Vocal  Music 

Time  of  day. 

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Appendix. 


A complete  list  of  the  names  of  the  graduates  of  the  Oswego 
Normal  and  Training  School , including  dates  of  graduation , 
and  also , the  salary  of  each , so  far  as  known  : * 


[References  used  in  List.  — * Graduated  from  Elementary  Training  Department, 
t Graduated  from  Advanced  Training  Department.  % Graduated  from  Classical  Depart- 
ment. T Left  the  profession.  § Married.  ||  Not  Teaching.] 


Names. 

Dates  of  graduation. 

Salaries. 

Anderson,  Medora  C.* 

Feb.  6th,  1867 

T§ 

Andrews,  Esther  A.* 

$800 

Andrews,  Jane* 

. . . . Class  of  1862 

500 

Andrews,  Margaret  L.*  . . . . 

. . . . Class  of  1864 

!§ 

Armstrong,  Clara  J.* 

July  8th,  1868 

II 

Armstrong,  Sarah  J.* 

500 

Arnold,  Fannyf 

. . . . July  8th,  1868 

II 

Barber,  Mary* 

. . . . Class  of  1862. 

Barker,  Mary* 

. . . . Class  of  1862 

ir§ 

Barlow,  Mary  E.* 

July  10th,  1867 

325 

Barstow,  Ellen  L.* 

Feb.  6th,  1866 

1 § 

Becker,  Helen* 

. . . . Class  of  1862 

nr  § 

Benedict,  Harriet  N.* 

July  10th,  1867 

500 

Bishop,  Electa  R.* 

. . . . July  10th,  1867 

500 

Black,  Jenny* 

. . . . Class  of  1862 

600 

Blackwood,  Belle* 

Feb.  6th,  1866 

325 

Blood,  Eliza  A.  * 

Class  of  1862 

450 

Bond,  Maggie  L.* 

. . . . Class  of  1865 

400 

Boyd,  Andrew  J.f 

Feb.  5th,  1868 

II 

Bradt,  Amelia  H.* 

Feb.  6th,  1866 

350 

Brant,  Alida  R.* 

Feb.  6th,  1867 

325 

Brant,  Louisa  H.* 

....  Class  of  1863 

ir§ 

Brewster,  Sarah  P.* 

Class  of  18626. 

Brown,  Ada  B.* 

Feb.  6th,  1867 

ir§ 

Brown,  Amelia* 

July  10th,  1867 

500 

Bruce,  Ellen  M.* 

Class  of  1862 

400 

Bryan,  Mary* 

....  Class  of  1865 

325 

Bryant,  Marie  E.* 

Feb.  6th,  1866 

475 

Bunnell,  Hannah  K.* 

Class  of  1863 

500 

Burke,  Ellen  lx* 

....  July  8th,  1868 

650 

Burt,  Kate  B.f 

Feb.  6th,  1867 

600 

a July  10th,  1867. 

b Died  June  17t,h,  1868. 

Appendix. 


39 


Names. 

Dates  of  graduation. 

Burt,  Kate  M.  * 

. . Class  of  1865 

Burt,  Margaret  M.* 

. . Class  of  1864 . . . . 

Burt,  Marion  F.* 

. . Feb.  6th,  1866.  . . 

Campbell,  Anna* 

. . Class  of  1863. 

Card  Floronoo* 

, . . Class  of  1863 . . . . 

Carpenter,  Marion  N.* 

, . . July  10th,  1867. . 

Carpenter,  Sarah* 

. . . Class  of  1863  . . . . 

Carter,  N.  Jane* 

. ..  Class  of  1863.... 

Case,  Pamelia  C.* 

Chalmers,  Angeline* 

. . . Class  of  1865 

Chalmers,  Julia  A.* 

. ..  Feb.  6th,  1867... 

Chandler,  Eliza* 

Charles,  Libbie  S.* 

. . . July  10th,  1867 . . 

Clancey,  Marie  L.* 

. . . Class  of  1864 

Clapp,  Eva  H.* 

. . . Feb.  5th,  1868. . . 

Clapp,  Leonora  T.* 

. . . Class  of  1862 . . . . 

Clark,  Charles  D.* 

Clark,  Hattie* 

. . . Feb.  5th,  1868.  . . 

Clark,  Florence* 

. . . Class  of  1863  . . , 

Coats,  Phoebe* 

. . . Class  of  1863. . . , 

Cole,  Ella  J * 

. ..  Feb.  6th,  1867.., 

Collins,  Hannah  J.* 

Cooper,  Fanny* 

. . . Class  of  1863. . . 

Cooper,  Matilda  S.* 

. . . Class  of  1862 . . . 

Copley,  Euphemia  D.* 

. . . Class  of  1863. . . 

Cragin,  Lucy  M.* 

. . . Class  of  1863. . . 

Crooks,  Helen  A.f 

. . . Feb.  5th,  1868.  . 

Cross,  Helen  G.* 

. . . Feb.  6th,  1867. . 

Curtice,  Delia* • . . . 

. . . Class  of  1865.  . . 

Cyrenius,  Frances  J.* 

. . . Feb.  6th,  1866. . 

Davies,  Adaline  E.* 

. . . Feb.  6th,  1867.  . 

Davis,  Anna  E.* 

. . . Feb.  6th,  1867.  . 

Davis,  Kate  H.* 

. . . Class  of  1862. . . 

Davis,  Helen* 

Davis,  Mary  E.* 

De  Lano,  Teen  J.* 

. . . Feb.  5th,  1868.  . 

Dinsmore,  Lizzie* 

. . . Class  of  1865. . . 

Dobbie,  E.  Yalina* 

. . . Feb.  5th,  1868.  . 

Salaries. 

$400 

350 

350 

500 

400 

II 

1 § 

1,500 
325 
325 
450 
325 
600 
3 75 

1§ 

1 


f § 

600 

18 

1,200 

600 

600 

§400 

450 

500 

350 

325 

500 

500 

750 

18 


325 

325 


40 


Appendix. 


Names. 

Dates  of  graduation. 

Salaries. 

Doris,  Elizabeth  L.* 

July  8th,  1868 

$500 

Douglass,  Henry  M.fJ 

II 

Drew,  Jennette  A.* 

Feb.  6th,  1867 

600 

Dugane,  Sarah  D.* 

Class  of  1864 

1,800 

Dunning,  Georgef 

Feb.  5th,  1868 

500 

Edwards,  Eva  S.* 

Feb.  5th,  1868 

II 

Ells,  Amelia  A.* 

Feb.  6th,  1867 

325 

Fairchilds,  Fanny  M.  * 

. . . . July  8th,  1868 

475 

Fenner,  Emma  J.* 

Foster,  Mary  F.* 

Feb.  6th,  1867 

325 

French,  Arminiaf 

Feb.  6th,  1867 

325 

Funelle,  Amanda  P.* 

Class  of  1862 

1,100 

Funnelle,  Lena  S.* 

750 

Gage,  L.  Jennie* 

Feb.  6th,  1868 

325 

Gage,  Mary  E.* 

Class  of  1865 

1 § 

Galloway,  Eudora  F.* 

Feb.  5th,  1868 

500 

Gibbs,  Frances  M.* 

Feb.  6th,  1866 

350 

Gibbs,  M.  Elizabeth* 

July  10th,  1867  cl 

325 

Gilbert,  Christina  H.* 

700 

Gilchrist,  Augusta  L.* 

Feb.  6th,  1866 

550 

Gill,  Emily  I.* 

Feb.  6th,  1866 

300 

Gray,  Laura  M.* 

Feb.  6th,  1867 

450 

Hall,  Defransa  A.* 

July  10th,  1867 

400 

Hamilton,  Anna  E.* 

. . . . Class  of  1864 

350 

Hamilton,  Mary  L.* 

450 

Hammond,  Marcia  C.  * 

July  8th,  1868 

350 

Hanen,  Anna  M.* 

Feb.  6th,  1866  5. 

Hanen,  Mary  J.* 

. . . . Class  of  1862. 

Hanford,  Marion  A.* 

. . . . Clas^kof  1864 

500 

Hannon,  Mary  J.* 

400 

Haskell,  Sarah  M * 

Feb.  6th,  1866 

700 

Henry,  Susan  R.* 

600 

Herries,  Isabellaf 

July  8th,  1868 

400 

Hicks,  Elvenia  O.f 

Feb.  5th,  1868 

600 

Holbrook,  Mary  M.f 

Feb.  6th,  1867 

1,400 

Hopson,  Edla  E.* 

July  25th,  1866 

II 

Hubbard,  Amelia  E.* 

. . . . Class  of  1864 

§400 

a February  6th,  1867. 

b Died  November  8th,  1867. 

Appendix. 


41 


Names. 

Dates  of  graduation. 

Salaries. 

Hubbard,  Maria  H.* 

July  10th,  1867  a 

II 

II 

Hughes,  Emily  L.* 

$400 

Hughes,  Jennie  E.f 

. . . Feb.  5th,  1868 

400 

Hyland,  Mary  J.* 

, . . . Class  of  1864 

325 

Jenkins,  Helen  M.* 

1 § 

Jenne,  Amelia  H.* 

...  Feb.  6,  1867 

1 § 

Jones,  Lewis  H.* 

school. 

Jones,  Miriam  P.* 

. . . Feb.  5th,  1868 

500 

Jones,  Rebecca* 

. . . Feb.  6th,  1867 

700 

Kenific,  Maggie* 

. . . Feb.  6th,  1866 

300 

Kerr,  Kittie* 

300 

Ketchum,  Angeline  H.* 

. . . July  10th,  1867 

500 

Keyes,  Sarah  L.f 

. . . Feb.  6th,  1867 

II 

Kilbourn,  Mary  A.* 

1 § 

King,  Jennette  C.* 

. . . July  10th,  1867 

450 

Lapping,  Martha* 

. . . Class  of  1865 

325 

Lathrop,  Delia  A.* 

1,000 

Lawrence,  Maria  E.* 

. . . Feb.  5th,  1868 

900 

Leach,  Sarah  H.* 

. . . Feb.  5th,  1868 

325 

Leary,  Jennie  K.* 

, . . . Class  of  1865 

330 

Lee,  Mary  V.* 

1,000 

Lee,  Nellie* 

..  . Class  of  1865 

1 

Leffin,  Lizzie* 

. . . Class  of  1865 

If  § 

Leonard,  Mary  A.* 

. . . July  10th,  1867 

325 

Lewis,  Matilda* 

. . . Class  of  1862,  private  school. 

Lines,  Anna  M.* 

, . . . Class  of  1863 

400 

Locke,  Abbie  A.* 

Feb.  6th,  1867 

1,000 

Macken,  Chauncey  B.f 

, . . . Feb.  5th,  1868 

II 

Manning,  Delia* 

375 

Martin,  Fannie  E.* 

Feb.  5th,  1868 

325 

Maxwell,  Fanny  C.* 

...  July  25th,  1866 

600 

McCool,  Celia  E.* 

. . . July  25th,  1866 

II 

McCumber,  Martha  C.* 

, . . . Feb.  6th,  1867 

600 

McDowell,  Nora* 

325 

McElroy,  Alice  E.* ........ . 

Feb.  6th,  1867  b 

500 

McFarlane,  Jennette* 

800 

McGonegal,  Mary  A.* 

1,000 

a Feb.  6th,  1867. 


b July  10th,  1867. 


42 


Appendix. 


Names. 

Mead,  Emma  A.* 

Merriam,  Emily  M.* 

Miller,  Martha* 

Morgan,  Abbie  B.* 

Morris,  Harriet  N.* 

Morrison,  Emma  S.* 

Morrow,  Alcinda  L.* 

Morton,  Lizzie  H.* 

Mnlliner,  Mary  L.* 

Nichols,  Eliza  J.* 

Norman,  Louise* 

Osborne,  S.  Katharine*. . . . 
Paddock,  Amanda  G.  *. . . . 

Parsons,  Alice  M.* 

Parsons,  Elizabeth* 

Parsons,  Emma  S.* 

Parsons,  Flora  M.* 

Parsons,  Jennie  A.* 

Parsons,  Laura  S.* 

Parsons,  Mary  A.* 

Peacock,  Anna  E.* 

Pease,  Fanny  W.* 

Penfield,  Philomela* 

Perkins,  Anna  H.* 

Perkins,  Emily  H.* 

Perkins,  Mary  E.* 

Pike,  Anna  L.* 

Pitman,  Mary  R.* 

Plumb,  Louisa  C.* 

Porter,  Lucretia* 

Potter,  Harriet  A.* 

Powers,  Louisa  A.* 

Pride,  Martha  A.* 

Quackenbush,  A.  Cordelia* 

Ranger,  Sarah  A.* 

Riggs,  Mary  E.* 

Robbins,  Delia* 


Dates  of  graduation.  Salaries. 

Feb.  6th,  1868 $450 

July  10th,  1867  a 1,000 

Class  of  1862 f § 

July  25th,  1866 1,000 

July  10th,  1867 700 

Feb.  6th,  1867 325 

July  8th,  1868 900 

July  10th,  1867 325 

Feb.  6th,  1866 400 

Class  of  1863. 400 

Class  of  1862 600 

July  10th,  1867 600 

Class  of  1863 1,000 

Feb.  6th,  1867 450 

Class  of  1862 450 

Feb.  5th,  1868  b 350 

Class  of  1862 500 

Feb.  5th,  1868 565 

Class  of  1862 500 

Class  of  1862 ^ § 

July  10th,  1867 500 

Class  of  1862 450 

Class  of  1865 f 

July  8th,  1868 400 

Class  of  1865 1"  § 

Class  of  1865 600 

Feb.  6th,  1866 400 

Feb.  5th,  1868 600 

Class  of  1862 If  § 

July  25th,  1866 500 

Feb.  6th,  1867 600 

Class  of  1864 500 

Feb.  6th,  1866 750 

Class  of  1864 % § 

Class  of  1865 325 

July  8th,  1868c 450 

Feb.  6th,  1866 400 


a Feb.  6th,  1867.  b July  10th,  1867.  c Feb.  5th,  1868. 


Appendix. 

48 

Names. 

Dates  of  graduation. 

Salaries. 

Robertson,  Elizabeth*  . 

Class  of  1865 

$400 

Romans,  Mary  A.*  .... 

July  8th,  1868 

500 

Root,  Emma  L.* 

Feb.  6th,  1867 

550 

Root,  Martha  J.* 

July  8th,  1868 

400 

Rope,  Kate  E.* 

July  10th,  1867 

375 

Ross,  Minnie  A.* 

500 

Rowe,  Martha* 

Class  of  1862. 

Safford,  Louisa  M.* 

Feb.  6th,  1867  

• T § 

Salmon,  Mary  J.* 

Feb.  6th,  1866 

325 

Sawyer,  Laura  A.f  .... 

July  8th,  1868 

||  500 

Sayre,  Harmie  J.* 

July  10th,  1867 

575 

Scott,  Mary  E.* 

Class  of  1865 

325 

Scott,  Tillie  A.* 

375 

Seaver,  Ellen  M.* 

1,200 

Seeber,  Martha  A.* . . . . 

Class  of  1862 

400 

Sheldon,  Edward  A.* . . 

2,300 

Sheldon,  Mary  D.J . . . . 

July  8th,  1868 

• II 

Sisson,  Eugene  P.f  .... 

600 

Slater,  Louisa* 

Class  of  1863 . . 

325 

Smith,  Ida  B.* 

July  25th,  1866 

300 

Smith,  Mary  E.* 

Feb.  6th,  1867 

325 

Smith,  Mary  LI.* 

1,200 

Smith,  Rhoda  R.* 

400 

Staats,  Margaret  J.*  . . , 

400 

Staats,  Matilda  C.* 

• II 

Starr,  Ellen  D.* 

Feb.  6th,  1866 

600 

Sterling,  Sarah  C.* . . . . 

500 

Stewart,  Mary  C.f  .... 

July  8th,  1868 

350 

Stevenson,  Agnes  A.J  . 

• f§ 

Stevenson,  Rosanna*  . . 

350 

Stickney,  Jennie  H.*  . . , 

1,500 

Stoel,  Martha  W.*  .... 

500- 

Stowell,  Alice* 

Class  of  1865 

350 

Sumner,  Harriet  B.* . . . 

II 

Swan,  Mary  H.* 

Feb.  6th,  18676 

900 

Swanger,  Emma  I.f  . . . , 

July  8th,  1868 

• i§ 

Swanger,  Maria  M.f . . . 

• II 

a July  10th,  1867. 


b Died  January  22d,  1867. 


44 


Appendix. 


Names. 

Taylor,  Helen  M.f  

Taylor,  Sarah* 

Thurman,  Gertrude* 

Tiffany,  DeWitt  C.* 

Town,  Margaret  A.*  

Trowbridge,  Edward  A.* 

Tubbs,  Helen  M.* 

Tuttle,  Helen  A.* 

Tyler,  Anna  M.* 

Van  Husen,  Nancy  L.* 

Van  Wagnen,  Charlotte  E.*. . . . 

Vaughn,  Sena  C.* 

Wales,  Lucretia  H.* 

Watson,  Jane  S.* 

Weed,  Eliza  H.* 

Weed,  Frances  E.* 

Weller,  Eugene  D.* 

Werner,  Julia  A.* 

Wheeler,  Sophronia  M.* 

Whitney,  Emma  H.* 

Whitney,  Kate  A.* 

Williams,  Mary* 

Wilson,  Helen  M.* 

Wiltsie,  Ellenf 

Yocum,  Jane  P 

Total,  242. 


Dates  of  graduation.  Salaries. 

Feb.  5th,  1868. 

Class  of  1865. 

Feb.  6th,  1866a, 


July  25th,  1866 $480 

Class  of  1865 310 

Feb.  6th,  186V 1,400 

Class  of  1862. 350 

Feb.  6th,  186  V || 

Class  of  1865 600 

July  8th,  1868 900 

July  8th,  1868 500 

July  25th,  1866 500 

Feb.  5th,  1868 325 

July,  10th,  186  V 5V5 

Class  of  1862 350 

Class  of  1862 400 

Class  of  1862 

July  8th,  1868 5V5 

July  8th,  1868 500 

Class  of  1862 f 

Feb.  6th,  1866 850 

Class  of  1863 § 

Class  of  1862 J 

July  8th,  1868 || 

Class  of  1865 450 


(Circular.) 

OSWEGO  NORMAL  AND  TRAINING  SCHOOL. 

STATE  OF  NEW  YORK : ' 

Department  of  Public  Instruction,  ) 

Superintendent’s  Office,  Albany,  Aug.  1st,  1868.  j 

To  School  Commissioners  and  City  Superintendents  of  Schools  : 

The  fall  term  of  the  Oswego  Normal  and  Training  School  will 
open  on  the  second  Wednesday  in  September,  and  the  spring 


a February  5th,  1868. 


Appendix. 


45 


term  on  the  third  Wednesday  in  February.  Each  county  is 
entitled  to  as  many  pupil  teachers  in  said  school  as  it  has  repre- 
sentatives in  the  Assembly.  Appointments  are  made  by  the 
Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction,  on  the  recommendation  of 
the  School  Commisssioner  of  each  School  Commissioner  District, 
and  on  the  recommendation  of  the  principal  superintendent  of 
schools  of  each  of  the  cities. 

Such  recommendation  is  a duty  imposed  upon  the  Commission- 
ers and  City  Superintendents,  and  the  undersigned  desires  and 
expects  that  it  will  be  promptly  and  faithfully  performed. 

A much  greater  number  of  pupil  teachers  can  be  accommo- 
dated in  this  school  than  was  originally  contemplated  by  the 
Legislature ; and  for  the  want  of  qualified  applicants  the  quotas 
of  some  counties  may  not  be  filled,  while  the  number  of  worthy 
and  qualified  applicants  in  other  counties  may  be  greater  than  the 
quota  to  which  such  counties  are  strictly  entitled.  Therefore,  you 
need  not  limit  your  recommendations  to  the  number  to  which 
your  county  is  entitled  by  representation  in  the  Assembly,  but 
encourage  aspiring,  qualified  and  promising  young  men  and 
women  who  intend  to  make  teaching  their  vocation,  to  attend 
this  school. 

It  is  suggested  that  you  advertise,  to  receive  applications,  and  to 
examine  applicants  for  appointment  at  a specified  place,  and  at  a 
time  not  later  than  fifteen  days  before  the  opening  of  the  term. 

Recommendations  should  be  made  as  early  as  practicable,  and 
mailed  promptly  to  the  Superintendent  of  the  School  at  Oswego. 

To  gain  admission  to  the  school,  pupils  must  possess  good 
health,  good  moral  character,  and  average  abilities.  They  must 
pass  a fair  examination  in  Spelling,  Reading,  Geography  and 
Arithmetic  (as  far  as  the  roots),  and  be  able  to  analyze  and  parse 
simple  sentences.  Ladies  must  be  at  least  sixteen  years  of  age, 
and  gentlemen  eighteen.  Those  who  pass  the  examination  will 
receive  a formal  appointment  from  the  Superintendent  of  Public 
Instruction,  and  be  admitted  to  all  the  privileges  of  the  school. 


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Form  of  Recommendation. 

To  the  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction : 

hereby  recommend  as  possessing  the 

health,  scholarship,  mental  ability  and  moral  character,  requisite 
for  an  appointment  to  the  Oswego  Normal  and  Training  School. 

(Date.) 

School  Commissioners  of  County. 

The  Design  of  the  School. 

The  design  of  this  school  is  to  furnish  competent  teachers  for 
the  public  schools. 

Board  of  Instructors. 

Edward  A.  Sheldon,  A.  M.,  Superintendent  and  Professor  of 
Didactics. 

John  W.  Armstrong,  D.  D.,  Head-Master  and  Professor  of 
Natural  Science  and  Moral  Philosophy. 

Isaac  B.  Poucher,  A.  M.,  Teacher  of  Arithmetic  and  Algebra. 

Herman  Krusi,  Teacher  of  Form,  Geometry,  History  and  Philo- 
sophy of  Education,  and- German  and  French  Languages. 

Emerson  J.  Hamilton,  A.  M.,  Teacher  of  Latin  and  Greek  Lan- 
guages. 

C.  C.  Curtiss,  Teacher  of  Writing  and  Bookkeeping. 

Mary  H.  Smith,  Teacher  of  Geography  and  History. 

Matilda  S.  Cooper,  Teacher  of  Methods  in  Arithmetic,  Gram- 
mar and  Natural  History. 

Ellen  Seaver,  Teacher  of  Botany,  Methods  of  giving  Object 
Lessons  and  Moral  Instruction. 

Mrs.  A.  T.  Randall,  Teacher  of  Reading  and  Elocution. 

Sarah  J.  Armstrong,  Teacher  of  Rhetoric  and  Composition. 

Mary  E.  Perkins,  Teacher  of  Drawing,  and  Assistant  Critic  in 
the  Primary  Practicing  School. 

Martha  McCumber,  Principal  and  Critic  of  the  Junior  Practic- 
ing School. 

Tillie  C.  Staats,  Assistant  Critic  in  Junior  Practicing  School. 

Kate  Davis,  Principal  and  Critic  of  Primary  Practicing  School. 


Appendix. 


47 


Course  of  Instruction. 

Elementary  Preparatory  Course. 

It  is  desirable  that  all  pupils  on  entering  the  school  should  be 
thoroughly  qualified  in  the  common  English  branches,  to  enter  at 
once  upon  a discussion  of  the  best  methods  of  teaching  them. 
Experience,  however,  has  shown  that  very  many  of  those  who 
apply  for  admission  have  not  the  knowledge  of  these  subjects 
requisite  for  entering  the  training  class , where  principles  and 
methods  only,  and  their  practical  application  in  the  school  room, 
are  considered.  To  meet  this  necessity,  this  course  has  been  intro- 
duced, and  is  designed  to  be  a thorough  review  of  the  subjects  named. 

Those  who  have  already  a fair  knowledge  of  these  branches, 
have  good  health,  and  are  apt  to  learn,  may  complete  the  course 
in  two  terms  of  twenty  weeks  each. 

Subjects  of  Study — B Class . — Practical  Arithmetic,  reviewed; 
Mental  Arithmetic,  reviewed ; Grammar,  reviewed ; Geography, 
reviewed ; Reading  and  Spelling,  Penmanship,  Drawing,  V ocal 
Music ; Impromptu  Compositions,  semi-weekly ; Essays,  semi- 
monthly ; Light  Gymnastics,  daily,  under  the  instruction  of  a 
graduate  of  Dio  Lewis’s  School  of  Physical  Culture. 

Subjects  of  Study — A Class. — Higher  Arithmetic,  Elementary 
Algebra,  Grammatical  Analysis,  Rhetoric  and  English  Litera- 
ture, Physiology,  Zoology,  Botany,  Penmanship,  Reading, 
Gymnastics,  Vocal  Music.  Perspective  and  Object  Drawing. 
Impromptu  Compositions,  semi-weekly ; Essays,  semi-monthly. 

I ' 

Elementary  Training  Course. 

This  course  is  limited  to  one  year  of  two  terms,  each  twenty 
weeks,  and  includes  instruction  in  methods  of  teaching  the  branches 
named  in  the  elementary  preparatory  course  (a  thorough  knowl- 
edge of  which  is  required  to  gain  admission  to  this  class),  and 
miscellaneous  subjects  calculated  to  cultivate  the  perceptive  facul- 
ties. Special  attention  is  directed  to  objective  teaching,  and  to 
the  philosophical  yet  simple  methods  of  primary  instruction, 
including  lessons  in  form,  size,  measure,  color,  language,  number, 
place,  weight,  sounds,  objects,  animals,  plants,  human  body,  moral 
instruction,  inventive  drawing,  writing,  physical  exercises,  read- 
ing and  spelling. 


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Appendix. 


Thorough  instruction  is  given  in  the  philosophy  of  education, 
school  organization  and  government,  and  the  theory  of  teaching 
generally. 

Nearly  one-half  the  time  of  this  course  is  devoted  to  observa- 
tion and  practice  in  the  model  and  practicing  schools,  under  the 
supervision  of  competent  critics. 

Impromptu  compositions,  criticism  lessons  and  essays,  weekly. 

Students  having  satisfactorily  completed  the  preceding  course 
will  receive  a diploma,  which  will  be  signed  by  the  Superinten- 
dent of  Public  Instruction,  the  superintendent  of  the  school,  the 
head-master,  and  the  officers  of  the  local  board,  and  will  serve  as 
a certificate  of  qualification  to  teach  common  schools. 

Advanced  Preparatory  Course. 

Students  to  be  admitted  to  this  course,  must  pass  a satisfactory 
examination  in  the  studies  of  the  elementary  preparatory  course. 

Those  familiar  with  none  of  the  branches  herein  named,  require 
a full  year  to  complete  the  course  ; others,  who  have  mastered  a 
portion  of  them,  may  complete  it  in  less  time. 

The  students  of  this  division  are  arranged  in  two  classes,  accord- 
ing to  their  acquirements.  Those  conversant  with  some  of  the 
studies  of  each  class  may  take  up  only  such  studies  as  are  neces- 
sary to  pass  the  required  examination  for  the  “ advanced  training 
course .” 

Each  class  occupies  one  term  of  twenty  weeks. 

Subjects  of  B Class. — Higher  Arithmetic,  Algebra,  Chemistry, 
Physical  Geography,  Bookkeeping  (double  entry),  Natural  Philo- 
sophy, Geometry,  Botany,  Analysis  of  Flowers,  Light  Gymnastics, 
Impromptu  Composition^,  semi- weekly ; Rhetorical  Exercises  and 
Essays,  monthly. 

Subjects  of  A Class. — Algebra,  Geology,  Chemistry,  Geometry, 
Trigonometry,  Astronomy,  Mineralogy,  Moral  Philosophy,  His- 
tory, Surveying.  Impromptu  Composition,  semi-weekly ; Light 
Gymnastics,  daily ; Rhetorical  Exercises  and  Essays,  monthly. 

Advanced  Training  Course. 

This  course  occupies  one  term  of  twenty  weeks,  and  is  devoted 
to  instruction  and  practice  in  the  best  methods  of  teaching  the 
branches  named  in  the  advanced  preparatory  course,  and  particu- 


Appendix.  49 

larly  arithmetic,  algebra,  geography,  grammar,  reading,  penman- 
ship, botany  and  object  lessons. 

Special  attention  will  also  be  given  to  the  philosophy  of  educa- 
tion or  mental  philosophy,  in  its  practical  application  to  the 
business  of  teaching  ; school  history,  school  law,  science  of 
government,  school  organization  and  discipline  ; to  the  theory 
and  practice  of  teaching,  and  school  economy  generally  ; frequent 
criticism  lessons  and  compositions. 

A portion  of  the  time  ip  devoted  to  observation  and  practice  in 
teaching,  under  criticism. 

As  familiarity  with  any  subject  is  essential  to  a consideration 
of  the  best  methods  of  teaching  it,  no  pupil  is  admitted  to  this 
course  until  properly  prepared  in  all  the  subjects  of  the  advanced 
preparatory  course. 

Those  who  satisfactorily  complete  this  course  receive  the  follow- 
ing 

Diploma. 

Oswego  Normal  and  Training  School. 

Oswego,  N.  Y.,  , 186  . 

This  is  to  certify  that  has  completed  the  advanced 

training  course  of  the  Oswego  Normal  and  Training  School, 
including  a thorough  course  of  instruction  and  practice  in  the 
best  methods  of  teaching,  and  is  deemed  qualified  to  teach  the 
English  branches  usually  pursued  in  the  high  schools  and  acade- 
mies of  the  State. 

Supt.  of  Public  Instruction. 

Supt.  Oswego  N.  and  I School. 


Head-Master. 


Preset  Board  of  Education. 


Secretary. 

Classical  Course. 

In  addition  to  the  subjects  named  in  the  elementary  and  advanced 
preparatory  and  advanced  training  courses,  in  this  department, 
4 


50 


Appendix. 


sufficient  instruction  will  be  given  in  the  Latin,  Greek,  French  and 
German  languages,  to  qualify  pupils  to  teach  them  so  far  as  they 
are  usually  pursued  in  the  high  schools  and  academies  of  the  State. 

The  student  may,  at  his  option,  take  German  or  Greek ; but  a 
knowledge  of  three  of  the  languages  named  will  be  required  to 
entitle  the  holder  to  a special  diploma  for  this  department. 

This  course  may  be  pursued  in  connection  with  the  Advanced 
Preparatory  and  Advanced  Training  Courses,  in  which  case  it 
will  extend  the  time  of  these  courses  to  three  and  one-half  years, 
on  the  supposition  that  the  pupil  has  no  knowledge  of  any  of  the 
subjects  named. 

To  those  who  complete  the  Classical  Course  a separate  diploma 
will  be  given,  indicating  their  fitness  to  teach  the  elements  of  the 
languages  pursued. 

Classical  Course. 

Latin. — Harkness’  First  Lessons,  Four  Books  of  Caesar,  Six 
Orations  of  Cicero,  Six  Books  of  Virgil. 

Greek. — Harkness’  First  Book,  Greek  Reader,  or  its  equivalent. 

French. Otto’s  French  Grammar,  Fasquelle’s  Colloquial 

Reader,  Select  Dramas  of  Racine,  Corneille,  &c.  In  the  latter 
part  of  the  Course  there  will  be  exercises  in  Composition  and 
Conversation. 

German. — Aim’s  Course,  Adler’s  Reader,  Select  pieces  from 
Schiller  and  Goethe,  Exercises  in  Composition  and  Conversation. 

Fecapitulation. 

It  will  be  seen  from  the  preceding  course  of  study  that  stu- 
dents who  have  thoroughly  mastered  the  subjects  named  in  the 
Elementary  Preparatory  Course  can  in  one  year  complete  the 
Elementary  Training  Course , and  receive  a diploma  which  enti- 
tles them  to  teach  in  any  common  school  in  the  State. 

Those  prepared  to  enter  directly  on  the  Advanced  Training 
Course  may  complete  it  in  one  term  of  twenty  weeks,  and  receive 
a diploma  indicating  their  fitness  to  teach  the  subjects  usually 
pursued  in  the  high  schools  and  academies  of  the  State.  Others 
require  more  time,  according  to  their  proficiency.  It  is  proper  to 
state,  in  this  connection,  that  those  who  have  had  no  instruction 
in  any  department  of  the  school  can  hardly  hope  to  graduate  in 
less  than  two  terms. 


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51 


In  case  pupils  enter  directly  upon  the  regular  courses  as  they 
are  laid  down  in  the  different  departments,  requiring  no  prepara- 
tion on  the  subjects  of  previous  courses,  and  take  all  the  subjects 
indicated,  the  time  required  for  each  is  as  follows : 

Elementary  Department. 

Preparatory  Course,  2 terms  ; Training  Course,  2 terms.  I ull 
time,  4 terms  or  2 years. 

Advanced  Department. 

Preparatory  Course,  2 terms ; Training  Course,  1 term.  F ull 
time,  3 terms  or  one  and  one-half  years. 

Classical  Department. 

Classical  studies  only,  3 terms,  or  one  year  and  a half. 

Combined  time  of  all  the  courses,  five  years. 

On  the  supposition  that  the  student  enters  the  lowest  class  in 
the  school,  and  takes  the  full  curriculum,  the  time  required  to 
secure  diplomas  in  the  different  departments  is  as  follows : 

Elementary  Department. 

Preparatory  Course,  2 terms;  Training  Course,  2 terms.  Full 
time,  4 terms,  or  2 years. 

Advanced  Department. 

Elementary  Preparatory  Course,  2 terms ; Advanced  Prepara- 
tory Course,  2 terms;  Advanced  Training  Course,  1 term.  Full 
time,  5 terms,  or  two  and  one-half  years. 

Classical  Department. 

Elementary  Preparatory  Course,  2 terms ; Advanced  Prepara- 
tory Course,  2 terms ; Advanced  Training  Course,  1 term ; Clas- 
sical Course,  proper,  3 terms.  Full  time,  8 terms,  or  4 years. 

Special  Privileges  of  Pupils. 

The  tuition  and  the  use  of  all  text-books  are  free  of  charge. 
Students,  however,  are  held  responsible  for  any  injury  or  loss  of 
books ; and  they  are  advised  to  take  with  them  any  text-books 
or  books  of  reference  they  may  have  in  their  possession.  The 


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Appendix. 


amount  of  fare  paid  on  public  conveyances  in  going  to  the  school 
is  refunded  to  those  who  remain  a full  term. 

Library  and  Apparatus. 

Aside  from  a respectable  library  of  text,  miscellaneous  and 
reference  books,  the  students  have  access  to  very  large  and  choice 
public  libraries,  containing  thousands  of  volumes  of  valuable 
books.  Large  additions  have  just  been  made  to  the  chemical 
and  philosophical  apparatus.  In  short,  the  school  is  provided 
with  every  needed  facility  for  illustration  and  instruction. 

Terms  and  Vacations. 

The  year  is  divided  into  two  terms  of  twenty  weeks  each. 
The  fall  term  commences  on  the  second  Wednesday  in  Septem- 
ber ; and  the  spring  term,  the  third  Wednesday  in  February. 
The  school  will  rest  during  holiday  week. 

All  pupils  should  be  present  promptly  at  the  opening  of  the 
term. 

The  examination  for  admission  and  classification  will  commence 
on  Wednesday;  and  absentees  will  subject  the  teachers  to  the 
inconvenience,  and  themselves  to  the  unpleasant  ordeal,  of  a pri- 
vate examination. 

On  arriving  at  Oswego,  students  may  leave  their  baggage  at 
the  railroad  depot,  retaining  their  checks,  and  report  themselves 
at  the  boarding  hall  on  the  corner  of  West  Second  and  Cayuga 
streets. 


Boarding. 

All  the  ladies  of  the  school,  not  residing  in  Oswego,  will  be 
required  to  board  in  the  boarding  house  provided  for  the  accom- 
modation of  the  school,  unless  excused  by  the  proper  committee. 
Here  they  will  be  under  the  immediate  care  of  the  teachers  of 
the  school  who  board  in  the  building. 

The  house  is  pleasantly  located  in  the  central  part  of  the  town, 
but  a short  distance  from  the  school,  and  is  capable  of  accommo- 
dating from  one  hundred  to  one  hundred  and  twenty-five  pupils. 

Efforts  will  be  made  to  make  this  a pleasant  home,  and,  as  far 
as  is  consistent  with  this  idea,  to  lessen  the  cost  of  living  to  the 
pupils. 


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Appendix. 

The  terms  for  board  are  as  follows : 

1.  There  will  be  a charge  of  from  seventy-five  cents  to  one 
dollar  per  week  for  rent  of  room,  and  thirty-five  cents  for  fuel  to 
each  pupil,  to  be  paid  in  advance,  at  the  time  of  entrance,  for  the 
whole  term.  The  rooms  are  all  carpeted,  and  otherwise  pro- 
vided with  the  necessary  articles  of  furniture. 

No  deduction  will  be  made  for  absence  during  the  first  two 
weeks  of  the  term,  nor  for  absence  from  any  cause  after  the  time 
of  entering,  for.  a period  of  less  than  five  weeks. 

These  terms  are  on  the  supposition  that  not  less  than  two 
occupy  the  same  room,  and  furnish  their  own  sheets,  blankets, 
comfortables,  pillows,  pillow-cases,  napkins  and  towels. 

Any  who  prefer  to  room  alone  can  do  so  by  paying  one-half  the 
regular  rent  additional ; and  where  all  the  bedding  and  other  arti- 
cles enumerated  are  furnished  by  the  house  there  will  be  an 
additional  charge  of  twenty-five  cents  per  week. 

In  the  choice  of  rooms,  the  following  ordeiywill  be  observed  : 

The  Training  Classes  will  have  the  first  choice. 

The  Advanced  Preparatory  A will  have  the  second  choice. 

The  Advanced  Preparatory  B the  third  choice. 

The  Elementary  Preparatory  A the  fourth  choice. 

The  Elementary  Preparatory  B the  fifth  choice. 

These  selections  to  be  made  at  the  close  of  each  term,  for  the 
succeeding  term.  New  pupils  will  select  their  rooms  as  they 
arrive. 

2.  The  other  expenses  of  living,  except  washing  (board,  light, 
breakage  and  wear  and  tear  of  kitchen  and  dining  room  furni- 
ture), will  be  divided  pro  rata  among  the  boarders,  each  one 
paying  a proportionate  share.  For  the  past  term  they  have  been 
two  dollars  and  seventy-five  cents  per  week  to  each  pupil.  This 
will  be  required  monthly  in  advance.  Thus  each  pupil  will  have 
to  pay  eleven  dollars  at  the  beginning  of  the  term,  and  at  the 
commencement  of  every  four  weeks  thereafter.  If  it  is  found,  at 
the  end  of  any  month,  that  the  cost  has  been  less  than  eleven 
dollars,  then  the  balance  in  favor  of  the  pupil  will  be  refunded ; 
and,  if  it  is  found  that  the  cost  has  exceeded  this  amount,  then 
the  pupil  will  be  expected  to  pay  this  excess. 

After  further  experience  more  reliable  data  can  be  given. 

To  the  regular  boarders  of  the  house  there  will  be  a charge  of 


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forty  cents  per  dozen  for  washing.  To  those  hoarding  themselves 
or  rooming  out  of  the  house,  fifty  cents  will  he  charged. 

All  articles  should  he  distinctly  marked  with  the  name  of  the 
owner. 

No  deduction  will  be  made  for  hoard  in  cases  of  absence  for 
less  than  one  week,  either  at  the  beginning  or  at  any  time  before 
the  close  of  the  teTm,  nor  for  absence  during  the  holiday  week,  as 
a large  portion  of  the  expenses  must  be  kept  up  the  same  as  dur- 
ing other  portions  of  the  term. 

In  accordance  with  the  terms  above  stated,  the  cost  of  living 
will  be,  for  a term  of  twenty  weeks,  to  those  who  provide  them- 
selves with  the  articles  enumerated,  and  where  the  rent  is 
seventy-five  cents  per  week,  $77 ; where  the  rent  is  one  dollar, 
and  other  conditions  the  same,  $82  ; where  everything  is  furnished 
by  the  house,  five  dollars  must  be  added  to  each  of  the  above 
amounts.  This  makes  the  highest  cost  to  the  pupil,  when  the 
most  desirable  rooms  are  rented,  and  everything  is  furnished,  four 
dollars  and  thirty  five  cents  per  week;  and  the  lowest  price,  where 
the  pupils  furnish  themselves,  three  dollars  and  eighty-five  cents. 
This  estimate  does  not  include  washing. 

3.  To  those  who  desire  to  board  themselves,  rooms  will  be 
rented  in  an  adjoining  building,  connected  with  the  boarding 
house  by  a covered  passage,  where  every  convenience  will  be 
afforded  for  this  purpose.  The  charge  for  furnished  rooms  will 
be  one  dollar  per  week,  where  the  pupils  furnish  their  own  light 
bedding,  as  required  in  case  of  boarders,  and  fuel.  If  fuel  is 
furnished,  there  will  be  an  extra  charge  of  twenty-five  cents  per 
week,  and  where  the  light  bedding  is  provided,  twenty-five  cents 
more  will  be  added,  making  the  entire  cost,  where  everything  is 
furnished,  one  dollar  and  a half  per  week.  Pupils  may,  in  this 
way,  reduce  the  Expenses  of  living  to  two  dollars  or  two  and  one 
half  dollars  per  week.  Those  who  desire  to  have  their  washing 
done  in  the  boarding  house  laundry  will  be  charged  fifty  cents 
per  dozen. 

A few  gentlemen  may  bo  accommodated  as  table  boarders  in 
the  boarding  hall,  but  none  will  be  allowed  to  room  in  the  build- 
ing. The  charge  is  three  dollars  per  week. 

Board  may  be  procured  in  private  families  for  four  and  a half 
dollars  per  week,  including  light  and  fuel. 


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Model  and  Practicing  Schools. 

The  practicing  schools  include  about  four  hundred  children, 
and  embrace  the  Primary  and  Junior  grades. 

The  model  schools  are  designed  to  exhibit  the  highest  order  of 
excellence  in  teaching,  while  the  practicing  schools  afford  an 
opportunity  for  the  N ormal  pupils  to  manifest  their  natural  apti- 
tude to  teach,  and  to  put  into  practice  the  principles  and  methods 
they  have  learned,  both  from  observation  and  instruction. 

Conclusion. 

Allow  me  to  urge  you  to  use  all  proper  means  to  extend  infor- 
mation in  regard  to  this  school,  and  induce  young  persons,  who 
possess  the  requisite  qualifications,  to  participate  in  its  benefits. 

The  record  of  your  experience  must  bear  witness  that  the  great- 
est need  of  the  schools  is  the  acquisition  of  more  teachers  who 
are  thoroughly  qualified.  I invite  your  thoughtful  attention 
to  that  record,  confidently  believing  that  it  will  induce  you  to 
give  a cheerful  and  prompt  response  to  this  call  for  your  official 
action. 

ABRAM  B.  WEAVER, 
Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction. 


